Some of President Donald Trump\u2019s supporters said they support the administration\u2019s recent efforts to further America\u2019s interests in the world\u2019s safety through action in Venezuela<\/u><\/a> and potential military intervention in Iran<\/u><\/a> and Greenland. But others were more conflicted.<\/p>\n President Donald Trump speaks at the Detroit Economic Club, Jan. 13, 2026 in Detroit.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Ryan Sun\/AP<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n ABC News spoke with some of Trump’s 2024 voters who responded to the late October ABC News\/Washington Post\/Ipsos poll<\/u><\/a> on the Trump administration, the economy and since-concluded government shutdown.<\/p>\n Kay Wattigney, a voter from Louisiana who is retired, told ABC News she supported Trump’s decisions on Venezuela — including the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.<\/p>\n \u201cI just think he’s doing the right things,\u201d she said of Trump, adding that Maduro and his government “weren\u2019t [doing the right things] \u2026 so he tried to reason with him. They didn\u2019t listen.\u201d<\/p>\n But she said that she feels more uncertain over potential action in Iran or Greenland, and that she would \u201chate our men to get hurt\u201d if there were potential U.S. military action.<\/p>\n Robert Rose, a caregiver in Arizona, said he was \u201cabsolutely elated that the United States, as the assumed enforcer of international law — and assumed by every other nation in the world, that if something happens, the United States is going to take care of it.\u201d<\/p>\n Smoke rises from explosions in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 3, 2026, in this screen grab of a video obtained by Reuters.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Video Obtained By Reuters via Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n As for Iran, Rose said he does not want boots on the ground, but pointed to how the military could also use cyber operations or technological, covert operations against the regime.<\/p>\n \u201cMy idea of a military action is something that is advanced and can be an action that is painless but effective; that is not lethal, but it\u2019s still even more effective than if it were to be lethal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He added that he doesn’t think the White House needs to be clearer about possible different types of military actions: “It’s not up to the White House to paint a specific picture.”<\/p>\n On Greenland, Rose said he sees the country as a “strategic necessity for us in this day and age, being poised between China and Russia,\u201d but would want to understand more about the conversations between Denmark and Trump, and if any have led Trump to discuss potentially responding militarily.<\/p>\n Denmark and European allies have pushed back on Trump\u2019s comments on the matter, with Danish Foreign Minister Lars L\u00f8kke Rasmussen saying there’s not an “instant threat from China and Russia — at least not a threat we can’t accommodate.\u201d<\/p>\n A Greenland flag flies near the flag of Denmark, March 11, 2025, in Ilulissat, Greenland.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Joe Raedle\/Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Janelle Manes, a self-employed voter in Wisconsin who owns her own business, shared a differing opinion. She told ABC News that she does not agree completely with Trump\u2019s decision to strike Venezuela and take Maduro.<\/p>\n “I don’t know the legalities behind that,” she said, adding that she believes the move is “great for the citizens of Venezuela, absolutely.”<\/p>\n While conflicted about whether the move was right, she said she does believe the reason the Trump administration made the move is because of drug trafficking, not to tap Venezuela\u2019s oil.\u00a0Trump has said<\/u><\/a> that the action in Venezuela was an anti-drug law enforcement operation, though Venezuelan leaders have denied the government is involved in narcotics.<\/p>\n Manes also said she was opposed to potential military action in Greenland.<\/p>\n “I do not agree with the United States trying to come through and take over Greenland,\u201d she said, contrasting it with Alaska, once a territory that the U.S. purchased from the Russian empire.<\/p>\n Danish and Greenlandic officials have previously said the island isn’t for sale.<\/p>\n Christopher Friedman, a probation officer in Washington state, told ABC News that he voted for Trump mainly based on domestic issues such as crime and the economy.<\/p>\n He said he felt indifferent about the Venezuela operations, since he does not feel any direct impact to his life or know anyone from there.\u00a0<\/p>\n Friedman said he did personally think the Iranian government was restrictive and a \u201cbad regime,\u201d but regarding the U.S. taking action, Friedman said, \u201cI don’t think we have any, necessarily, any major interests in going there and intervening. I think the people of Iran need to carve out their own destiny.\u201d<\/p>\n Iranians attend a pro-government rally in Tehran, Iran, January 12, 2026.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n West Asia News Agency via Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n As for Greenland, Friedman said he did not think the U.S. will take any military action there.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think the U.S. should intervene militarily \u2026 I don’t think a physical conflict is necessary at least with our European neighbors, where, in such cases, where we could negotiate a peaceful outcome or transition into something that maybe all three parties agree [on], because this is an issue with the U.S, Denmark, and then, of course, the people of Greenland included,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cSo there’s three parties here of interest, and I think there’s three parties then to satisfy.\u201d<\/p>\n He added that he is not opposed to a potential purchase of the territory, given how the U.S. previously purchased Alaska from the Russians or Louisiana from the French — although he said the price of the territory could be concerning given the United States’ current national debt.<\/p>\n The split among the voters who spoke with ABC News over the completed or potential interventions is similar to how Americans are largely split on them more broadly, according to recent polling.<\/p>\n A Quinnipiac University poll published Wednesday<\/a> found that 70% of U.S. voters say the U.S. should not get involved in Iran if protesters in the country are killed while demonstrating against the Iranian government, including majorities of independent voters (80%), Democratic voters (79%) and Republican voters (53%).<\/p>\n That poll also found that registered voters are roughly split on the Trump administration’s capture of Maduro, with 47% in support and 45% opposed. 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