Opinion Today
January 16, 2026
Americans Oppose Using Military Force to Take Greenland Dina Smeltz, Lama El Baz and Craig Kafura, Chicago Council on Global Affairs A new Chicago Council on Global Affairs-Ipsos survey, fielded January 9–11, 2026, finds the American public does not approve of Trump’s military forays. Majorities across partisan lines oppose using military force to invade Greenland, overthrow governments in Latin America, occupy Venezuela, gain access to another country’s natural resources, or expand the territory of the United States.
Most Americans remain opposed to seizing Greenland with military force Alexander Rossell Hayes, YouGov More Americans oppose than support purchasing Greenland and Americans overwhelmingly oppose taking control of the island through military force. Majorities of Americans have favorable opinions of Greenland and Denmark.
The public is concerned about Trump’s policy priorities AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research Following several major events, the public’s assessment of Donald Trump’s performance as president is holding quite steady. People are concerned about Trump’s policy priorities and think that the country, the economy, and their own households are worse off now than they were before he took office. Similar to findings from an AP-NORC poll conducted in April 2025, about half of adults say that Trump is mostly focusing on the wrong priorities as president. Only about 2 in 10 say he is mostly focusing on the right priorities, and a similar share say that his priorities have been about evenly mixed.
What Americans think about Trump’s first year back in office, according to AP-NORC polling Linley Sanders, Associated Press President Donald Trump’s second term has been eventful. You wouldn’t know it from his approval numbers. An AP-NORC poll from January found that about 4 in 10 U.S. adults approve of Trump’s performance as president. That’s virtually unchanged from March 2025, shortly after he took office for the second time.
Republicans split on Trump's aggressive immigration crackdown, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds Jason Lange, Reuters President Donald Trump's Republicans are divided over whether federal immigration officers should try harder to avoid hurting people after a community activist was shot dead during an immigration raid and as violent arrests continued, according to a Reuters/Ipsos survey.
Most Americans don't want the U.S. to be 'in charge' of Venezuela Andrew Romano, Yahoo News Just 32% believe Trump's takeover will do more good than harm, according to a new Yahoo/YouGov survey.
