The Brief
- The 'Denmarkification' campaign says it seeks to crowdfund $1trillion to purchase the U.S. state.
- Promises include renaming California 'New Denmark' and turning Disneyland into ‘Hans Christian Andersenland.’
- President Trump has repeatedly expressed an interest in making Greenland - an autonomous territory of Denmark - part of the US
The online petition has garnered nearly 200,000 signatures from the Scandinavian country home to nearly 6 million people.
"Los Angeles? More like Løs Ångeles," the petition reads.
"Have you ever looked at a map and thought, 'You know what Denmark needs? More sunshine, palm trees, and roller skates.' Well, we have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make that dream a reality," the campaign website reads. "Let's buy California from Donald Trump!"
The petition claims its crowdfunding goal is $1 trillion — "give or take a few billion."
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Danes launch campaign to 'buy' California from US
The 'Denmarkification' petition makes a series of promises that include renaming California 'New Denmark' and turning Disneyland into ‘Hans Christian Andersenland.’