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Summary
In response to Trump’s renewed push to buy Greenland, a satirical Danish petition proposes buying California, gathering over 200,000 signatures.
The petition jokes about bringing “hygge” to Hollywood, “bike lanes to Beverly Hills, and organic smørrebrød to every street corner,” while also suggesting that “rule of law, universal healthcare, and fact-based politics might apply,” mocking Trump’s tense relationship with California and its governor, Gavin Newsom.
Meanwhile, Trump’s Greenland ambitions remain serious, with a Republican congressman introducing a bill to buy and rename it “Red, White and Blueland.”
Danish and Greenlandic leaders firmly reject any sale, asserting Greenland’s right to self-determination. The petition aims to crowdfund $1 trillion as a joke.
Speaking as a Californian, they might be greeted as liberators.
You might think it’s a good thing, but in 10 years you might think differently when you have stepped on Lego blocks almost every day. I mean, you’d get healthcare, there won’t be guns anymore you can feel safe wherever you go, your kids will be safe in schools with proper education no matter your skin color, there will be proper bike and public transportation infrastructure so roads will get safer and there will be less traffic jams, etc etc. But those damn Lego blocks man.
‘If I’m elected, there’ll be 50 percent less Lego blocks on the floor. That’s more than half we have to deal with these days. I know a guy, a real smart guy, that knows how, and I’ve seen it, to melt Lego bricks. He’ll eradicate these bothersome Lego bricks so we don’t have to tip toe around them any more.’