Danish campaigners are proposing to buy California from the United States and turn it into a territory of Denmark in response to Donald Trump’s bid to acquire Greenland. The ‘Denmarkification’ campaign says it seeks to crowdfund $1 trillion to purchase the US state, after which it plans to instill it with Danish values and make the most of its sunny weather and resources. (…)
(…) Bosses from Danish toy giant Lego would run talks between the US and Denmark, Dutoit told Politico, because ‘dealing with children throwing tantrums over missing bricks has made them experts in negotiation.’ (…)

  • FuglyDuckEnglish
    95·
    1 month ago

    does everyone who happens to be there when the exchange happens…get danish citizenship?

    Asking for a friend.

    • flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      18·
      1 month ago

      Fun fact Denmark doesn’t have birthright citizenship. Trump could score a win in that regard by giving it to Denmark.

    • rabber@lemmy.caEnglish
      160·
      1 month ago

      Why would you want citizenship in shitty little denmark lol

      Guess could be used to move to one of the actually good nordic countries though

      • CortEnglish
        17·
        1 month ago

        To be fair, in the Danes bought California, and made it part of Denmark, you wouldn’t really be able to call or small anymore. California is roughly the same size as Germany+Austria.

        If Canada wants to make an offer for the Western seaboard, they should speak up soon

        • Lost_My_MindEnglish
          8·
          1 month ago

          Trump’s over here saying canada should be the 51st state, meanwhile california, oregon, and washington are all like “peace out bitches!”

    • errerEnglish
      19·
      1 month ago

      I’ll pay Denmark to buy us…

  • mox@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    23·
    1 month ago

    Isn’t California’s GDP about ten times that of Denmark?

    I guess that purchase would be quite a bargain.

  • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    22·
    1 month ago

    Does that mean we could stop supporting the red states of the US on our backs? We already have and love Legoland, might as wella add Hamlet.

  • NarrativeBearEnglish
    20·
    1 month ago

    Is there a go fund me page I can chip into. I’m not even Danish but support this message.

  • CortEnglish
    19·
    1 month ago

    No offense to the Danes, but I’d like to see what the Nederlanders are offering before we make a decision

    • biofaustEnglish
      3·
      1 month ago

      Good choice.

      – an Italian who lives in Denmark but lived in the Netherlands and knows the difference

  • ZorqueEnglish
    18·
    1 month ago

    Trump’d probably jump at the chance to get rid of California. Should have gone for Florida or Texas.

    Of course… then you’d have Florida or Texas. Euch.

  • Hellfire103@lemmy.caEnglish
    16·
    1 month ago

    Great story, but I feel I should mention that the Daily Heil does not qualify as news, due to the sheer volume of disinformation it publishes.

  • Flying SquidEnglish
    14·
    1 month ago

    Normally, I would complain about someone posting a Daily Mail link, but this is fucking hilarious.

    • butwhyishischinabookEnglish
      41·
      1 month ago

      Also Broward County, FL, specifically, would loooove to be an exclave. Huh? Huh? Could be pretty sweet!

  • BillTonggEnglish
    9·
    1 month ago

    In these dark times it’s great to see the Danes responding to unpleasant orange chauvinism and bigotry with dry humour. It kind of deflates the mafia boss’s self importance.

    I’m watching series 7 of a Danish TV programme called Badehotellet at the moment and it struck me that the Danish sense of humour it portrays is very much like the British, full of irony and self-deprecation. If they could buy the UK as well I’d be extremely happy.