Petition calling for Denmark to buy California gets 200,000 signatures

A satirical counter offer to President Donald Trump’s proposal to buy Greenland has popped in the form of a petition which says Denmark should buy California.

A satirical counter offer to President Donald Trump’s proposal to buy Greenland has popped in the form of a petition which suggests that Denmark should buy California.

More than 200,000 people have signed up for the plan which says that the Scandinavian country needs “more sunshine, palm trees, and roller skates.”

“Måke Califørnia Great Ægain,” reads the top of the petition website, replacing some English letters with Danish ones.

Among the listed so-called “supporters” of the petition are the ancient Scandinavian king, Sven the Viking, Karen from accounting and Laris Ulrich, the Danish drummer and founding member of the band Metallica.

“Imagine swapping your rain boots for flip-flops,” the petition says, perhaps cogniscant of the fact that during the dark winter months Denmark gets just an hour of sunlight a day. By contrast, California gets 300 days of sunshine a year.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/denmark-should-buy-california-petition-trump-greenland-rcna191806

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