Young people with placards reading "Greenland is not for sale!" take part in a demonstration that gathered almost a third of the city population to protest against the U.S. President's plans to take Greenland, on January 17, 2026 in Nuuk, Greenland. /VCG
Republicans may be willing to stick with President Donald Trump through almost anything, but his recent push to seize control of Greenland has alienated many in his own party, according to a new AP-NORC poll.
A survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that approximately 70 percent of U.S. adults disapprove of President Trump's handling of Greenland, a self-governing territory of NATO ally Denmark. This level of disapproval is higher than that for his overall foreign policy approach, indicating that his stance on Greenland may represent a particular vulnerability for the administration. Around 24 percent of American adults approve of Trump's approach to the issue.
Even Republicans are divided. Roughly half disapprove of the effort to incorporate the Arctic island into the United States, while half approve. Trump has maintained that acquiring Greenland is crucial for U.S. national security interests in the Arctic region.
The AP-NORC poll was conducted from February 5 to 8 with a sample of 1,156 adults. The sample was drawn from NORC's probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to represent the U.S. population. The overall margin of sampling error for all adults is ±3.9 percentage points. For respondents identifying as Republicans, the margin of sampling error is ±6.1 percentage points.
(With input from AP)