{"id":14855,"date":"2026-02-05T11:36:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T03:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=14855"},"modified":"2026-02-05T11:36:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T03:36:38","slug":"76-percent-in-greenland-oppose-becoming-part-of-us-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=14855","title":{"rendered":"76 percent in Greenland oppose becoming part of US: Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"455\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/14.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/14.png 455w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/14-300x181.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Few Greenlanders believe it would be advantageous for the territory to become part of the U.S., according to a new poll released after President Trump\u2019s threats to acquire the island roiled the U.S.\u2019s relationship with its European allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The poll, published by the Copenhagen Post in Denmark, found that 76 percent of Greenlanders do not think they would benefit from joining the U.S., compared to 8 percent who supported the idea and 16 percent who were unsure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sune Steffen Hansen, who conducted the survey, told the Danish newspaper that the findings underscore that people living in Greenland are \u201cquite satisfied\u201d with the current situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The poll also found that a majority of Greenlanders hold a negative view of America\u2019s welfare system, including health care, elder care and education. Only 10 percent of adults said they had a \u201cmainly\u201d or \u201cvery\u201d positive view of the U.S. system, according to the Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Greenland, a self-governing Danish territory, operates under a welfare system similar to that of other Nordic countries, providing universal health care, social security, and other benefits to all residents. The system is largely funded by block grants from the Danish government, which has reportedly pledged an additional 1.6 billion Danish crowns ($253 million) for health care and infrastructure investments through 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Danish leaders, including Foreign Minister Lars L\u00f8kke Rasmussen, have expressed skepticism that the U.S. would fund a similar system in Greenland if they were to take control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think there\u2019s no way that the U.S. will pay for a Scandinavian welfare system in Greenland, honestly speaking. You haven\u2019t introduced a Scandinavian welfare system in your own country,\u201d Rasmussen said in a Jan. 15 interview on Fox News, weighing in on reports that the Trump administration was considering direct payments to Greenlanders to encourage them to split from Denmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The poll was conducted from mid-to-late January, when Trump and other senior U.S. officials were ratcheting up their rhetoric around Greenland, arguing that it must come under American ownership to protect national security interests and thwart Russian and Chinese aggression in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump refused for weeks to take the prospect of military force to seize Greenland off the table, but later backtracked in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also announced that he had reached \u201cthe framework of a future deal\u201d with NATO with regards to security and mineral rights and walked back proposed tariffs on Denmark and other European allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reversal likely came as a welcome sign to the 54 percent of Greenlanders who said that they were worried or very worried that the U.S. would deploy military forces inside the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials from the U.S., Denmark and Greenland appeared optimistic following the first meeting of a high-level working group last Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, foreign leaders acknowledged ongoing pressure from Trump related to Arctic security, laying out several \u201cred lines\u201d around maintaining sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are under pressure, serious pressure \u2026 as Greenland leaders, we have to deal with people who are afraid and scared,\u201d Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen told a university audience Thursday in Paris, according to Politico Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have some red lines we cannot cross, but from a Greenlandic perspective, we will try to sort out some sort of agreement,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Copenhagen Post poll was conducted from Jan. 16 to Jan. 28 among 610 adults in Greenland, via phone and online. 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