EXCLUSIVEPoll reveals Americas verdict on Trump's plans to take over Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal
- Trump hasn't ruled out using military force to take Panama Canal and Greenland
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Donald Trump has generated headlines and outrage around the world with a grand vision for American expansion into Greenland, Canada and Panama.
His MAGA supporters say it is an essential move to protect national security.
But a new DailyMail.com/J.L. Partners poll reveals that the wider American public has deep reservations about the adding territory, and clear majorities reject any use of force to take control of the overseas territories.
Less than one in three, or 32 percent, of registered voters, want Canada and the Panama Canal to become a U.S. territory.
Meanwhile, only 28 percent want to see the U.S. buy Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark where there are growing calls for independence.
The Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has repeatedly said the island is not for sale and has held talks with the president-elect, while Greenland's leader Múte Egede insists residents 'don't want to be American'.
Fifty percent of Americans are opposed to adding Canada to the union, after Trump floated the idea with outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during talks at Mar-a-Lago.
Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's rift reached a head in the months following Trump's November election win. Trudeau announced earlier in January he is resigning as PM
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Trump announced in late November his intention to impose a 25 percent tariff on Canada and Mexico in retribution for the continuing migrant and fentanyl crises at the U.S. borders.
The day after his social media post, Trudeau flew down to Mar-a-Lago to meet with Trump.
During their gathering, the Canadian leader told Trump that the tariff would kill their economy – to which the president-elect recommended that they become part of the U.S.
What appeared to start as a joke quickly turned into a serious proposal from Trump, who has repeatedly talked about making the northern neighbors part of the union, though he has ruled out military action to take control of the country.
Trudeau's Liberal Party has increasingly disagreed on how to a handle a second Trump term.
With dire polls and a his party facing a crisis if he stayed at the helm, the Prime Minister announced earlier this month he was stepping down ahead of the next Canadian election in the fall.
Trump took credit for Trudeau resigning.
In a press conference in January, Trump suggested he could use economic coercion or the military to help with his expansionist plans.
Voters are wary about the idea.
Donald Trump Jr. visited Greenland earlier this month with allies of his father's as President-elect Trump is reupping his offer for the U.S. to buy the Danish territory during his second term
About two-thirds of poll respondents don't want military action in Canada or Greenland.
But, Americans show a higher willingness to use aggression to take control of the Panama Canal with one in five supporting the move compared to the 58 percent that oppose it.
When it comes to economic action, Americans show slightly more support and aren't as vehemently opposed to tariffs and other punishments when compared to military action.
For example, 27 percent of those surveyed say they would support economic action against Canada and 25 percent say the same about the Panama Canal and 23 percent for such sanctions against Greenland.
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