“We’re pretty sure he’d be willing to part with it for the right price,” an online petition circulated on the website Denmarkification jokes.
Danish politician to Trump’s Greenland idea: ‘F*** off’
A Danish European Parliament member had strong language in response to President Donald Trump’s idea of purchasing Greenland.
A not-so-serious plan for Denmark to take California off the hands of the United States is gaining some pretty serious online traction.
The tongue-in-cheek campaign, which claims to be “100% real … in our dreams,” comes as President Donald Trump and his allies have made it abundantly clear that his interest in purchasing Greenland is definitely not a joke. Ever since Trump took office in January for his second term, the president has ramped up rhetoric on the U.S. taking over the Arctic island, a semi-autonomous Danish territory – potentially with military force.
Now, an online petition circulated on the website Denmarkification appears to be hitting back.
“Have you ever looked at a map and thought, ‘You know what Denmark needs? More sunshine, palm trees, and roller skates,'” the petition said. “Well, we have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make that dream a reality. Let’s buy California from Donald Trump!”
The petition even makes the case that, at the right price, Trump would be more than willing to part with the blue state, which overwhelmingly backed his opponent, Kamala Harris, in the 2024 presidential campaign.
“We’re pretty sure he’d be willing to part with it for the right price,” the petition said.
USA TODAY left a message for an email listed on the website inquiring about who is behind the petition. Users should always be careful when providing information like name, email and phone number to an unknown website.
Petition proposes Denmark purchase California
The satirical petition is filled with all sorts of silly reasons why Denmark would want to buy California and rename it to New Denmark, including its tech dominance and abundance of both sunshine and avocado toast.
The petition even proposes to rename Disneyland as “Hans Christian Andersenland,” a reference to the Danish author behind “The Little Mermaid” and numerous other fairy tales.
The website lays out its plan to acquire California by crowdfunding $1 trillion, “give or take a few billion,” and sending in its best negotiators, including Lego executives, to purchase the state.
“We’ll even throw in a lifetime supply of Danish pastries to sweeten the deal,” according to the petition. “As for the will of the citizens? Well, let’s face it – when has that ever stopped him? If Trump wants to sell California, he’ll sell California.”
The campaign boasted that more than 200,000 had signed on as of Wednesday morning.
Trump has expressed interest in buying Greenland
Trump has expressed interest in making Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, a part of the U.S. since his reelection in November.
Trump, who has said his interest in the island is for national security purposes, has also questioned whether Denmark, which has controlled Greenland since 1814, has a “legal right” to the territory. He warned that if Denmark does not give up Greenland, the U.S. will “tariff Denmark at a very high level.”
Trump has also declined to rule out using the U.S. military to acquire Greenland.
Greenland’s Prime Minister Mute Egede, who has stepped up a push for independence, has repeatedly said the island is not for sale.
Another Danish politician, Anders Vistisen, was a little more blunt in his rejection of Trump’s aims. During a January meeting of the European Parliament in France, Vistisen, a member of the far-right Danish People’s Party, told Trump to “F— off” in his rebuke of selling Greenland.
Trump’s interest in buying the island has been deeply unpopular with Greenlanders and has left Americans divided.
An opinion poll in January indicated that 85% of Greenlanders do not wish for their island to become a part of the United States, with nearly half saying they see Trump’s interest as a threat. Just 6% of Greenlanders were found to be in favor of their island becoming part of the U.S., with 9% undecided.
In the United States, a recent exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll found that half of Americans think Trump’s plan is a bad idea. Even among those who think it’s a good idea, the majority think it’s unrealistic, the poll found.
Bill proposes renaming Greenland to ‘Red, White and Blueland’
Trump’s staunchest allies, however, have supported the president’s plans for Greenland.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a recent interview that Trump’s interest in Greenland is “not a joke” while supporting the president’s assertion that the island holds national interest for the U.S.
A Republican Congressman from Georgia also introduced a bill Tuesday to the House of Representatives that would rename Greenland as Red, White and Blueland. If passed through Congress and signed into law, the act would direct the new Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to oversee the change and implement it on official documentation and maps to refer to Greenland by the updated name.
“America is back and will soon be bigger than ever with the addition of Red, White, and Blueland,” Rep. Earl “Buddy” Carter, R-GA, said in a statement announcing his bill. “President Trump has correctly identified the purchase of what is now Greenland as a national security priority, and we will proudly welcome its people to join the freest nation to ever exist when our Negotiator-in-Chief inks this monumental deal.”
Contributing: Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY; Reuters
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