▲ 451 ▼ Nearly half of Danes see US as threat and 78% oppose Greenland sale, poll shows (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 58 comments fedilink hide all child comments Summary 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.
[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 years ago (5 children) How the hell do only 78% oppose? permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years 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%. permalink fedilink source parent [–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] knatschus@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) 72% would let Greenland have the decision some of them might not want to give their own opinion or simple don't have one permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bstix@feddit.dk 6 points 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Some of them might not be sure or not care. A small percentage of around 5 percent can always be found to support pretty much anything in amy type of poll permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years 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%. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] knatschus@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) 72% would let Greenland have the decision some of them might not want to give their own opinion or simple don't have one permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bstix@feddit.dk 6 points 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Some of them might not be sure or not care. A small percentage of around 5 percent can always be found to support pretty much anything in amy type of poll permalink fedilink source parent