Petition calling for Denmark to buy California secures more than 230K signatures as Trump eyes Greenland

More than 230,000 people have signed a tongue-in-cheek retaliatory petition calling for Denmark to purchase California in response to President Trump’s growing desire to acquire Greenland. The Denmarkification campaign pokes fun at Trump’s famous slogan — and his repeated calls to expand America’s territory — as it aims to raise “$1 trillion (give or take a few billion)” in crowdfunding and 500,000 signatures to “Måke Califørnia Great Ægain.”“Let’s buy California from Donald Trump!” the petition states. “Yes, you heard that right.California could be ours, and we need your help to make it happen.”The petition, which promises a lifetime supply of Danish treats if the deal goes through, has garnered nearly 235,000 signatures, as of Wednesday night. Xavier Dutoit, the petition’s Swiss-French organizer, launched the satirical campaign after overhearing an American tourist in the Philippines boasting about the president’s longstanding dream to rename the icy island “Red, White and Blueland.”“That American didn’t seem to grasp how unhinged and absurd it was for any country’s President – especially in a stable democracy that the USA claims to be – to offer or threaten to take over another sovereign country’s territory,” Dutoit told the Associated Press. Dutoit said he’s been consulting with a multi-national group of friends on the petition, including Copenhagen resident Kenneth Haar.Haar, who is Danish, insists the Trump-Greenland debate is the “biggest political issue” in the country. “It is considered a very depressing and a very dangerous situation,” he told the outlet.Trump, 78, has long set his sights on acquiring Greenland, a territory owned by the Kingdom of Denmark, which insists the island is not for sale.The 47th president renewed his aspirations of acquiring Greenland after winning the 2024 election and has not ruled out the use of military force to achieve that goal — arguing the land is para...