US newly appointed President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed his desire to take over Greenland from Denmark.
At the end of January he said he thinks it will get rid ofand claimed that the residents “want to be with us”. A few days later showed a survey that 85 percent of the islanders in Greenland do not want to become part of the United States.
Danish ministers have fought back to Trump’s plans.
Want to take “bike lanes to Beverly Hills”
Now comes the next response: Over 200,000 Danes have signed A name gathering to buy California.
“Have you ever looked at a map and thought ‘do you know what Denmark needs? More sunshine, more palm trees and rollerblades’. Now we have a chance you only get once in a lifetime to make the dream reality, ”the website says.
The stated goal is to gather around SEK 1,000 billion, which corresponds to about 200,000 from every Danish citizen.
The authors behind the satirical initiative promise to take typical Danish values and phenomena to the American West Coast.
“We will take the cozy to Hollywood, bike lanes to Beverly Hills, and organic butter bread for every street corner. The principle of law, free healthcare and fact -based policy may apply ”.
Talked about Greenland already in 2019
The argument that Trump would be open to selling is that he “is not directly California’s biggest supporter”. Among other things, he has had conflicts with the state’s democratic governor Gavin Newsom since the November election.
“We will throw in a lifetime consumption of Danish pastries to make the agreement even better”.
Already in 2019, Donald Trump talked about the United States buying Greenland. He then claimed that the United States needs to take control of the area for “financial reasons”, reports The Guardian.
The Arctic island is believed to be rich in oil, gas, metals and minerals, which become available when large ice blocks melt due to climate change.