
The majority of Americans take Head of state Donald Trump at his word when he speaks about sending out American people to international jails, offering a 3rd term as head of state and attempting to take control of Greenland and Canada– also as sweeping bulks oppose each of these possible activities.
Regarding 7 in 10 grownups in this ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos survey assume Trump is significant when he speaks about sending out American people that are founded guilty of terrible criminal activities to jails in various other nations (71%) and the USA attempting to take control of Greenland (68%).

Head of state Donald Trump strolls down the pillars to the Oval Workplace after getting here on Marine One at the White Residence in Washington, April 27, 2025.
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Less, yet still a wide 62%, claim the very same regarding his offering a 3rd term, despite the fact that the Constitution forbids him from running once more. A slim bulk, 53%, assume Trump is significant when he speaks about the USA attempting to take control of Canada.
That does not imply lots of people assume these are excellent concepts: The study, generated for ABC by Langer Research Associates with fieldwork by Ipsos, locates that Americans by large margins oppose these propositions. At the luxury, a large 86% oppose the USA attempting to take control of Canada. Eighty percent oppose Trump offering a 3rd term, 76% oppose attempting to take control of Greenland and 66% oppose sending out united state people to international jails.

Sights on Trump’s propositions
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For his component, Trump urged in a meeting recently that he had not been trolling regarding attempting to take control of Canada and Greenland. He additionally has actually stated he is not joking regarding competing a 3rd term; upping the stake, Trump 2028 goods stood for sale on the Trump Company’s web site last Thursday.
Unsurprisingly, these propositions are particularly well gotten by the 39% of Americans that authorize of the method Trump is managing his work as head of state. One, undoubtedly, gets to bulk assistance– sending out united state people that are founded guilty of terrible criminal activities to international jails, backed by 59% of Trump approvers.
Fifty Percent of those in his base, 49%, sustain the USA attempting to take control of Greenland. Forty-three percent in this team like the third-term concept; taking control of Canada delays, also amongst Trump approvers, at 29%.
Joking me?
Significantly, as well, Republicans, traditionalists and Trump approvers are probably to claim he’s not significant regarding any one of these propositions. Beyond of the political range, Democrats, liberals and Trump disapprovers are much more appropriate to assume he indicates it.
Simply 35% of Republicans assume Trump is significant regarding taking control of Canada, compared to 75% of Democrats. Thirty-eight percent of Republicans assume he’s significant regarding a 3rd term, compared to 88% of Democrats. And while extra Republicans– simply timid of 6 in 10– assume he’s significant regarding taking control of Greenland and sending out united state detainees abroad, once more, these go a lot greater amongst Democrats.

Assume Trump is significant regarding
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On each product:
3rd term
Resistance to a 3rd term is considerable also amongst a few of the crucial support system that chose Trump last loss, consisting of white guys without four-year university levels (74% of whom oppose an additional Trump term), white evangelical Protestants (70%), traditionalists (67%) and Republican Politicians (60%).
Hopeful reasoning might be an element for some: Amongst Republicans that assume Trump is significant regarding a 3rd term, assistance for the concept climbs to 60%. That compares to 24% amongst Republicans that do not assume he’s significant. On the various other hand, a large bulk of Democrats (88%) assume he’s significant regarding a 3rd term; virtually none (3%) sustain it.
Canada/Greenland
When it involves Canada and Greenland, understandings of Trump’s intents are connected with wider authorization of his handling of united state connections with various other nations– which has a solid partial taste. Amongst individuals that authorize of his handling of worldwide connections– 51% and 30%, specifically– sustain attempting to take control of Greenland and Canada. Amongst those that Trump’s service worldwide connections, assistance for these activities goes down to 4% when it comes to Greenland and 3% for Canada.
Significantly, in partial terms, 45% of Republicans sustain attempting to take control of Greenland. That goes down to 27% that sustain attempting to take control of Canada.

Assistance for Trump propositions
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Deporting Americans
As reported Friday, 47% of Americans sustain sending out undocumented immigrants that are presumed participants of a criminal team to El Salvador jails without a court hearing. Fifty-seven percent in this team additionally sustain shipping united state people founded guilty of terrible criminal activities, while 41% oppose it.
At 32% general, assistance for sending out founded guilty Americans to international jails comes to a head in particularly Trump-friendly teams, consisting of 59% of those that authorize of his operate in workplace, 58% of individuals that call themselves extremely conventional and 57% of Republicans. Assistance goes down to 30% of independents and 12% of Democrats.
Method
This ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos survey was performed on-line through the probability-based Ipsos KnowledgePanel ® April 18-22, 2025, in English and Spanish, amongst an arbitrary nationwide example of 2,464 grownups. Partial departments are 30% -30% -29%, Democrats-Republicans-independents.
Outcomes have a margin of tasting mistake of 2 percent factors, consisting of the layout result. Mistake margins are bigger for subgroups. Testing mistake is not the only resource of distinctions in surveys.
The study was generated for ABC Information by Langer Research Associates, with tasting and information collection by Ipsos. See information on ABC Information study approach right here.