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President Donald Trump wants to buy—or take by force—Greenland, Canada, the Gaza Strip, and the Panama Canal. “We will own it,” Trump said of Gaza, including all the trademark policy details he is known for (none).
But Americans aren’t here for it.
A new poll from Data for Progress finds that likely voters largely oppose the U.S. taking ownership of each location. Voters are close to split on the Panama Canal (41% support, 46% oppose), which the U.S. turned over to the Panamanians at the end of 1999. But when it comes to the other locations, it’s not even close: Majorities oppose the U.S. taking Greenland, Canada, and most starkly, Gaza. Only 23% want the U.S. to control Gaza, while 62% oppose that idea.
And despite Trump’s flirtation with deploying U.S. troops to take Gaza, even a majority of Republican-likely voters (52%) oppose his idea.
Of course, Trump’s territorial expansionism doesn’t end there. On the first day of his new term, he signed an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” (and another order to make Feb. 9 “Gulf of America Day,” because everything must be this stupid).
A new poll from Marquette University Law School—one of the best in the polling game—finds that just 29% support Trump’s “Gulf of America” rebrand, while a staggering 71% oppose it. While 57% of Republicans support it (because of course they do), only 16% of independents and 4% of Democrats do.
With numbers like that, Trump really should’ve just gone with his first plan: to rename it the Gulf of Trump and dye the water gold.
With numbers like that. Democrats will have a clear mandate to reverse and delete everything this imperialist does.
But Americans aren’t here for it.
A new poll from Data for Progress finds that likely voters largely oppose the U.S. taking ownership of each location. Voters are close to split on the Panama Canal (41% support, 46% oppose), which the U.S. turned over to the Panamanians at the end of 1999. But when it comes to the other locations, it’s not even close: Majorities oppose the U.S. taking Greenland, Canada, and most starkly, Gaza. Only 23% want the U.S. to control Gaza, while 62% oppose that idea.
And despite Trump’s flirtation with deploying U.S. troops to take Gaza, even a majority of Republican-likely voters (52%) oppose his idea.
Of course, Trump’s territorial expansionism doesn’t end there. On the first day of his new term, he signed an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” (and another order to make Feb. 9 “Gulf of America Day,” because everything must be this stupid).
A new poll from Marquette University Law School—one of the best in the polling game—finds that just 29% support Trump’s “Gulf of America” rebrand, while a staggering 71% oppose it. While 57% of Republicans support it (because of course they do), only 16% of independents and 4% of Democrats do.
With numbers like that, Trump really should’ve just gone with his first plan: to rename it the Gulf of Trump and dye the water gold.
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With numbers like that. Democrats will have a clear mandate to reverse and delete everything this imperialist does.
