A new poll shows that 85% of Greenland residents oppose President Trump's efforts to bring the island under U.S. control.

Trump has said that Greenlanders want to be part of the U.S., and a previous survey from Patriot Polling suggested a majority backed such a move, but the poll out Wednesday directly contradicts that narrative.

The first survey of Greenlanders since Trump renewed his interest in buying the Arctic island found that 85 per cent did not want to leave the Kingdom of Denmark and become part of the US. Just 6 per cent said they wanted to join the US,