Opinion poll reveals US assessment of Trump’s plans to take over Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal

Donald Trump has generated headlines and outrage around the world with a grand vision of American expansion into Greenland, Canada and Panama.

His MAGA supporters say it is an essential step to protect national security.

But a new poll from DailyMail.com/JL Partners shows that the broader American public has deep reservations about the new territory, with a clear majority rejecting 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 U.S. territories.

Meanwhile, only 28 percent want the US to buy Greenland, an autonomous region of Denmark where calls for independence are growing louder.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has repeatedly said the island is not for sale and has held talks with the newly elected president, while Greenland’s leader Múte Egede insists its residents “don’t want to be American.”

Fifty percent of Americans oppose Canada’s addition to the union after Trump raised the idea during talks at Mar-a-Lago with outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The rift between Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reached a peak in the months following Trump’s election victory in November. Trudeau announced earlier in January that he was stepping down as prime minister

Trump announced in late November his intention to impose a 25 percent tariff on Canada and Mexico in retaliation for the ongoing migrant and fentanyl crises at U.S. borders.

The day after his social media post, Trudeau flew to Mar-a-Lago to meet Trump.

During their meeting, the Canadian leader told Trump the tariff would kill their economy – prompting the president-elect to recommend they become part of the US.

What seemed to start as a joke quickly turned into a serious proposal from Trump, who has repeatedly talked about making the union’s northern neighbors part of the union, though he has ruled out military action to take control of the country.

Trudeau’s Liberal Party is increasingly at odds over how to approach a second Trump term.

With poor polls and his party facing a crisis if he remained at the helm, the prime minister announced earlier this month that he would resign ahead of the next Canadian election in the fall.

Trump took credit for Trudeau’s resignation.

At a press conference in January, Trump suggested he could use economic coercion or the military to help with his expansionist plans.

Voters are wary of the idea.

Donald Trump Jr. visited Greenland earlier this month with allies of his father, as newly elected President Trump renews his offer for the US to buy the Danish territory during his second term

Donald Trump Jr. visited Greenland earlier this month with allies of his father, as newly elected President Trump renews his offer for the US to buy the Danish territory during his second term

About two-thirds of respondents do not want military action in Canada or Greenland.

But Americans are showing a greater willingness to use aggression to take control of the Panama Canal, with one in five supporting the move, compared to the 58 percent who oppose it.

Trump has noted that Greenland and the Panama Canal are critical to national security, trade and his ambitious energy plans in his second term.

When it comes to economic action, Americans show slightly more support and are not as strongly opposed to tariffs and other punishments compared to military action.

For example, 27 percent of respondents say they would support economic action against Canada, with 25 percent saying the same about the Panama Canal and 23 percent in favor of such sanctions against Greenland.