Trump's words on Greenland and borders ring alarms in Europe, but...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : "'Yes."On Friday, the prime minister of Greenland - a semiautonomous Arctic territory that isn´t part of the EU but whose 56,000 residents are EU citizens, as part of Denmark - said its people don´t want to be Americans but that he´s open to greater cooperation with the U.S."Cooperation is about dialogue," leader Múte B. Egede said.Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called the U.S. "our closest ally" and said: "We have to stand together.
44% : But many European leaders - who've learned to expect the unexpected from Trump and have seen that actions don't always follow his words - have been guarded in their response, with some taking a nothing-to-see-here view rather than vigorously defend European Union member Denmark.
35% : Several officials in Europe - where governments depend on U.S. trade, energy, investment, technology, and defense cooperation for security - emphasized their belief that Trump has no intention of marching troops into Greenland.
26% : "European security analysts agreed there´s no real likelihood of Trump using the military against NATO ally Denmark, but nevertheless expressed profound disquiet.
25% : (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pushed back - but carefully, saying "borders must not be moved by force" and not mentioning Trump by name.

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