The 'Denmarkification' campaign says it seeks to crowdfund $1trillion 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.

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.’ (…)

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    89·
    22 hours ago

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

    Asking for a friend.

    • flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      17·
      21 hours 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
      154·
      21 hours 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

      • Cort@lemmy.worldEnglish
        16·
        20 hours 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_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
          7·
          19 hours ago

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