A bunch has proposed to pay Donald Trump $1 trillion and an infinite provide of pastries in change for the state
A crowdfunding group in Denmark has proposed that their nation purchase the US state of California for $1 trillion and a lifetime provide of Danish pastries. The satirical concept of buying the territory comes after US President Donald Trump reiterated his curiosity in shopping for Greenland.
Trump has repeatedly floated the thought of buying Greenland – an autonomous territory of Denmark – citing the island’s vital strategic and financial worth for the US. Each Danish and Greenlandic officers have vehemently rejected the thought. Trump, nevertheless, has advised that he can be ready to make use of navy and financial power to acquire the territory. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio additionally burdened final month that buying Greenland is a severe objective and “not a joke.”
In response to Trump’s continued curiosity within the island, the ‘Denmarkification’ group has outlined its personal proposal to the US president, providing to take California off his palms and throw in a lifetime provide of Danish pastries to “sweeten the deal.” The group identified that Trump has already described the state as “essentially the most ruined” within the US.
The proposal is offered as a crowdfunded effort, with the group estimating that every Danish citizen would solely have to “skip a number of lattes” and contribute roughly 200,000 kroner ($27,675). The group humorously advised that the acquisition would deliver Danish cultural values, together with “hygge” (consolation), bike lanes and Smorrebrod sandwiches to California. The group additionally stated it plans to rename Disneyland to Hans Christian Andersenland, writing “Mickey Mouse in a Viking helmet? Sure please.”
Chatting with Politico’s Playbook over the weekend, the group’s founder, Xavier Dutoit, has additionally advised that LEGO executives ought to lead the talks with the US about buying the state as a result of “coping with youngsters throwing tantrums over lacking bricks has made them consultants in negotiation.”
Trump’s concept to buy Greenland has been met with vital pushback, together with from Greenlanders themselves, solely 6% of whom have expressed a need to affix the US, based on a current Danish opinion ballot. One other survey has additionally discovered that almost half of Danes see the US as a menace to the nation, with greater than 70% opposing any sale of Greenland.
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