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As US President Donald Trump looks at new avenues to acquire Greenland, a Danish petition seeking the purchase of California has been gaining traction in Denmark. The petition has received over 280,000 signatures in the past couple of days.
The petition, titled ‘Danify California’, asks Danish authorities to buy California from Trump. It was created in early 2025 following Potus’ initial demands to buy Greenland. Now, as Trump’s pressure tactics grow, the petition is receiving more signatures.
What does the website say?
The website, Denmarkification.com, has a list of reasons why Denmark should purchase California and even uses Trump’s own rhetoric to buy Greenland against him.
The petition recommends a new name for Disneyland, “Hans Christian Andersenland”. In fact, it also calls for changing California’s name to “New Denmark.”
“It is in the national interest to promote the extraordinary heritage of our Nation, so California will become New Denmark," the website says.
The petition’s organiser, Xavier Dutoit, said in a recent interview that the campaign’s intention was “purely to make a point about how absurd Trump’s claims to Greenland really were.”
The petition points out that Trump has never really liked California anyway and would surely be willing to part with it for the right price, which would include a lifetime supply of Danish pastries to sweeten the deal.
The petition has put a price label of “$1 trillion (give or take a few billion)” on California.
“As for the will of the citizens? Well, let’s face it – when has that ever stopped him?” the website reads. “If Trump wants to sell California, he’ll sell California.”
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Meanwhile, Trump has suggested that he might employ alternative tactics to acquire Greenland, despite European leaders voicing concerns over his threats to seize the territory from Denmark.
When asked by reporters before he headed to the World Economic Forum in Davos how far he would go, Trump replied only: “You’ll find out.” “We have a lot of meetings scheduled on Greenland, and I think things are going to work out pretty well,” Trump added.
Denmark has warned that the entire NATO alliance is at risk if Trump moves forward on threats. Over the weekend, Trump vowed fresh tariffs on European countries, including Britain, France and Germany, which sent troops to Greenland in solidarity.
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