Survey Says is a weekly column rounding up three of the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about. You’ll also find data-based updates on past Daily Kos reporting, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics.

Americans don’t back Trump the Imperialist

President Donald Trump wants to buy—or take by force—Greenland, Canada, the Gaza Strip, and the Panama Canal. “We will own it,” Trump said of Gaza, including all the trademark policy details he is known for (none).

But Americans aren’t here for it. 

A new poll from Data for Progress finds that likely voters largely oppose the U.S. taking ownership of each location. Voters are close to split on the Panama Canal (41% support, 46% oppose), which the U.S. turned over to the Panamanians at the end of 1999. But when it comes to the other locations, it’s not even close: Majorities oppose the U.S. taking Greenland, Canada, and most starkly, Gaza. Only 23% want the U.S. to control Gaza, while 62% oppose that idea.

And despite Trump’s flirtation with deploying U.S. troops to take Gaza, even a majority of Republican-likely voters (52%) oppose his idea.

Of course, Trump’s territorial expansionism doesn’t end there. On the first day of his new term, he signed an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” (and another order to make Feb. 9 “Gulf of America Day,” because everything must be this stupid). 

A new poll from Marquette University Law School—one of the best in the polling game—finds that just 29% support Trump’s “Gulf of America” rebrand, while a staggering 71% oppose it. While 57% of Republicans support it (because of course they do), only 16% of independents and 4% of Democrats do.

With numbers like that, Trump really should’ve just gone with his first plan: to rename it the Gulf of Trump and dye the water gold.

Billionaires, billionaires, billionaires—you and me are through

Billionaire Elon Musk delivered his first Oval Office address this past Tuesday, despite, you know, not being president. And there’s a strong chance that the Tesla guy is delusional about his appeal to the American public—because billionaires, well … Americans aren’t so hot on them.

Seventy-three percent of likely voters think billionaires have too much influence over the federal government, according to a new poll from Data for Progress. That includes majorities of Democrats (80%), independents or third-party voters (80%), and Republicans (63%). 

When it comes to Musk himself, not only do strong majorities of Democrats (79%) and independents and third-party voters (65%) believe he has too much influence, even 1 in 3 Republicans thinks so.

And that tracks with public opinion about billionaires generally. New polling from YouGov finds that 55% of Americans think the government should try to close the wealth gap between the richest and poorest Americans, while just 22% think the government shouldn’t try to.

Even wilder, 49% of Americans think the government should “try to reduce the share of wealth” held by American billionaires. This phrasing is more radically progressive since it focuses on taking money away from the ultrarich and, unlike the previous question, does not mention poorer Americans at all. And yet even 1 in 3 Republicans still supports this type of governmental action. Only 27% of Americans oppose it.

To be fair, a lot of respondents surely assume this type of wealth reduction would be used to benefit those with less money. (I.e., if the ultrarich’s share of wealth lowers, then the less-rich sees their share of it rise.)

But it’s also possible that Americans just don’t like billionaires. Take heed, Musk.

Excerpted with permission from Daily Kos.