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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 100 points 1 week ago (14 children)

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 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Get a train and do it yourself.

[–] Blackout@fedia.io 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Username relevant?

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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week ago (5 children)

How the hell do only 78% oppose?

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week 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%.

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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 1 week 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.

[–] knatschus@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

22% think the pollster is a CIA operative. 6% can't wait to become a fascist Andorian hellscape because surely they'll be billionaires then.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 6 points 1 week 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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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So more than half have not been paying attention?

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 43 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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 1 week ago (3 children)

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

So just like the US then.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

PROPAGANDA. WORKS.

Goseph Gerbils is laughing in his hell

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

People are people and people are stupid.

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

In many ways, yes!

[–] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

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

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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 1 week 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 12 points 1 week ago (4 children)

What is the real reason trump wants Greenland?

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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

[–] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago

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

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

That's always important to keep in mind!

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[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

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

[–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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"

[–] Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago
  • sincerely, every imperialist nation to ever exist.
[–] renrenPDX@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

An excuse to access the war purse strings.

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Except it's nearly half, meaning the majority do not see the U.S. as a threat.

And they should, because it is. To the world.

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