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A YouGov poll found that 46% of Danes view the US as a major threat, surpassing concerns about North Korea and Iran but trailing Russia (86%).

Additionally, 78% oppose selling Greenland to the US, though 72% believe Greenland should decide its own fate.

The poll follows heightened tensions over Trump’s repeated claims that acquiring Greenland is an "absolute necessity" for US economic security.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has sought European unity in response, warning of shifting relations with the US.

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[-] Blackout@fedia.io 99 points 2 days ago

Can someone poll Americans cause I vehemently oppose the purchase and subjugation of Greenland. And I also vote Trump gets run over by a train.

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago

Get a train and do it yourself.

[-] Blackout@fedia.io 23 points 2 days ago

I get started then lose focus and start watching anime. See, this is why Americans need immigrant labor.

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[-] kreskin@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

I've been looking for any possible way that an average Joe can make a difference and havent been able to come up with any plan. So now I have one. Will go out after work and see about buying a train.

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[-] teamevil@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago

As an American, I agree, who the fuck cares of that orange turd wants it. He's a monster

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 days ago

How the hell do only 78% oppose?

[-] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

There's always about 25-30% insane people in every population. It's roughly the same percentage of Canadians who are SOMEHOW pro-US invasion of Canada

It's insanity

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago

It’s roughly the same percentage of Canadians who are SOMEHOW pro-US invasion of Canada

Yeah, I noticed some of those users when blocking a bunch of magas elsewhere, and it was very o_O to see, too.

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 days ago

The article doesn't show the full data but there's probably a good chunk of "don't know / not sure" in that 22%.

[-] knatschus@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 days ago

72% would let Greenland have the decision some of them might not want to give their own opinion or simple don't have one

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[-] bstix@feddit.dk 6 points 2 days ago

YouGov is a poll that pays points pr. poll. These points can be used to buy actual products or gift cards worth real money. Lots of people click through them without reading the questions.

They sometimes add "click option 2 to verify that you've read the question", but even then it's likely that some percentages just click the right option by chance. On a short poll like this, they probably didn't even do the check.

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[-] PolyLlamaRous@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Calm everyone. Trump does not want Greenland, never did. He also doesn't care about the gulf of Mexico or Panama cannel.

It's just a distraction and negative media overload method that he uses. And you know what, it works. Here we are talking about this and not the serious things.

[-] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

It's just a distraction and negative media overload method that he uses. And you know what, it works. Here we are talking about this and not the serious things.

Doesn't matter if it's a distraction or not. If Trump takes Greenland it will break NATO completely, and when Trump threatens to take Greenland, it weakens NATO and that can lead to all sorts of problems ... just not necessarily for the US.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 days ago

So more than half have not been paying attention?

[-] P1nkman@lemmy.world 43 points 2 days ago

I live in Denmark, and was at a farm store, where the attendant said that musk did not do a nazi salute. I then jumped in and said "well, let's see your do that", which she did, and none of the others reacted to a girl in her late teens doing a nazi salute. You have no idea how many supports AfD and Trump has in Denmark...

Where i work, there's about 120 employees. 5 of them loves Trump, and one even proudly wears a MAGA hat. It's a fucking shit show in the country side.

[-] billiam0202@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago

It's a fucking shit show in the country side.

So just like the US then.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

PROPAGANDA. WORKS.

Goseph Gerbils is laughing in his hell

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

People are people and people are stupid.

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[-] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Did you get a video? You know, so in the future nazi sympathisers get what they rightly deserve?

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago

Do the schools teach history well in Denmark? Part of the problem in the USA is that people simply don't know the history of Nazism and the Holocaust.

[-] P1nkman@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

I'm Norwegian, so the educational system is basically the same. Though, I'm not sure about today, but growing up in the 90's, we learned a lot about WW2, including pictures of when our elementary school was overtaken by the Nazis, so you'd think they'd be aware of it.

[-] los_chill@programming.dev 11 points 2 days ago

What is the real reason trump wants Greenland?

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 days ago

Rare earth minerals, exclusive arctic economic zone... and a theoretically easy territorial expansion to ensure his unconstitutional reelection.

[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

Also he is stupid. That's probably an important reason.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago

That's always important to keep in mind!

[-] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 days ago

Also, prime real-estate for when the ice caps melt.

[-] Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

As an Icelander, I just know if Trump gets Greenland he won't stop there. He'll try to take Iceland too. I'm scared.

[-] Zorque@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

Mostly as a distraction while he pillages the government coffers and sells off foreign interests to Russia and China.

[-] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I feel he saw how big it was on a typical map and thought "I can double the size of America. All we have to do is kick out these no-name unimportant suckers who happen to be there"

[-] renrenPDX@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

An excuse to access the war purse strings.

[-] Teknikal@eviltoast.org 6 points 2 days ago

Not going to lie if I was Danish I'd probably be feeling Anti American enough to start giving China the mining contracts instead. That way if Trump does invade he's not only going against Nato but also China.

That said it should probably be in the hands of the Greenlanders themselves but not sure a referendum is wise looking at the likes of Brexit etc.

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