Danes Troll Trump’s Greenland Plan With Counter-Offer Backed By 200,000 | EUROtoday

A lighthearted Danish petition is pledging to “bring hygge to Hollywood” by shopping for the state of California in response to President Donald Trump’s speak about taking management of Greenland, an enormous and mineral-rich Arctic island, from Denmark.

“Have you ever looked at a map and thought, ‘You know what Denmark needs? More sunshine, palm trees, and roller skates,’” the petition asks. “Well, we have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make that dream a reality.”

The petition’s web site claimed over 200,000 signatures by midmorning Wednesday. It’s not clear how lengthy the petition has been working and a consultant didn’t instantly return a request for remark.

“It is in the national interest to promote the extraordinary heritage of our Nation, so California will become New Denmark. Los Angeles? More like Løs Ångeles,” the petition states.

While Løs Ångeles is a joke, one other very Danish metropolis in Southern California is actual (as is hygge, the Danish obsession with getting cozy). Known as “the Danish capital of America,” Solvang was based by three immigrants from Denmark in 1911.

The metropolis is common with vacationers, who are available in droves for its aebleskiver pastries, Scandinavian windmills, a foremost avenue referred to as “ Copenhagen Drive ” and, after all, a Hans Christian Andersen Museum to honor the well-known Danish fairy story creator. Danish royals have visited a number of occasions over the many years.

In 2019, Trump scrapped a visit to Denmark and mentioned the cancellation was as a result of Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen made a “nasty” assertion when she rejected his first-term thought of shopping for Greenland as an absurdity.

Greenland is a semi-autonomous territory of the U.S. ally.

Before taking workplace once more final month, Trump mentioned he wouldn’t rule out the usage of navy power to grab management of the island, calling it very important to U.S. nationwide safety, and final month his son visited the island.

Múte B. Egede, Greenland’s prime minister, shot again: “Greenland is for the Greenlandic people. We do not want to be Danish, we do not want to be American. We want to be Greenlandic.”

The petition organizers have their very own plans for Disneyland in Southern California: “We’ll rename it Hans Christian Andersenland. Mickey Mouse in a Viking helmet? Yes, please.”

The petition notes that Trump isn’t a fan of the Golden State.

Last yr, he referred to as it “Paradise Lost” and he recurrently derides Gov. Gavin Newsom with the nickname “Newscum.”

But after all, each petition wants some positive print, manner down on the backside:

“Disclaimer: This campaign is 100% real … in our dreams.”