Citizens of Greenland largely rejected the idea of the island territory leaving Denmark to join the United States in a poll released on Tuesday.
The survey, conducted by the U.K.-based research agency Verian on behalf of the Danish newspaper Berlingske and Greenland’s Sermitsiaq newspaper, shows that less than one in ten citizens of the territory want to leave Denmark for the U.S. At the same time, more than four in five rejected the idea.
- No: 85%
- Yes: 6%
- Undecided: 9%
According to the poll, almost half of Greenlanders, 45%, see Trump’s statements and interest in Greenland as a threat to the territory, and just 8% would opt for an American passport over a Danish one if they had to choose between the two.
U.S. President Donald Trump claimed earlier this month that “the people of Greenland are not happy with Denmark” and would be “happy with us,” but political leaders in Greenland and Denmark have rejected the proposal.
“We don’t want to be Danish, we don’t want to be American, we of course want to be Greenlandic,” said Prime Minister Mute B. Egede in a recent statement.
Denmark’s foreign minister, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, said in a statement to local media outlets that “Trump shouldn’t have Greenland,” adding, “Greenland is Greenland. The Greenlandic people are a people also in the sense of international law” and will decide for themselves.
Verian surveyed 497 Greenlandic citizens aged 18 years or older between January 22-26, 2025 with a margin of error of +/- 3.1 percentage points.