Republicans turn on Trump over his 'Greenland gambit': 'I'm sick of stupid'

Republican Party representatives are turning on Donald Trump over the president's ongoing push to claim Greenland as US territory.

Trump has refused to rule out military action in the area, telling reporters "you'll see" when prompted to answer whether there could be a boots on the ground invasion. GOP reps are now airing their concern over Trump's rhetoric on the area, with one Republican pollster warning the public mood is very different to what the president wants.

Whit Ayres, speaking to The Hill, said, "Based on the polling I’ve seen on the Greenland gambit, Sen. Tillis succinctly summed up public opinion when he said, ‘I’m sick of stupid.’ The support for aggressively going after Denmark to take control of Greenland has the support of maybe half of Trump’s base, at best.

"You can get 4 percent of Americans in a survey to say they believe little green men live on the moon. Rarely does the public so widely agree on a foreign policy question as they agree on this Greenland gambit."

A recent Reutuers/Ipsos poll cited by Ayres found just 4% of Americans think it would be a "good idea" to use the military in Greenland.

Former Sen. Judd Gregg says there needs to be more of a vocal response and resistance to Trump's talk of taking Greenland.

Gregg said, "A lot of them appear to be hiding under their desks, which is inexcusable. They should be speaking up aggressively and saying this is a terrible idea and it undermines our position with key allies.

"The fact is over the years we’ve gotten whatever we want in the way of military cooperation from Denmark and from Greenland. In fact, for years we had many bases there. It's not a military issue."

GOP opposition to the push for Greenland comes as Sabrina Haake suggests Trump's actions will be exactly what foreign dictators want to hear.

She wrote, "Russia is hyperventilating with excitement. Breathlessly describing a scenario in which 'one NATO member is going to attack another NATO member,' Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov noted earlier this week that, 'It was hard to imagine before that such a thing could happen.'"

"Lavrov said Trump’s threats against Greenland 'have upended' the Western concept of the 'rule-based global order,' a concept Putin has long loathed."