By Jordan Parker, Breaking News Reporter
Updated Feb 11, 2025 (SFChronicle.com)
A woman with Danish flags in her hair. Danes have started a crowdfund to buy California, a jab at President Donald Trump for talking about taking over Greenland.Greg Wood/AFP/Getty Images
Over 200,000 people are supporting a comedic petition made by Danes to buy California from the U.S., in what appeared to be a jab at President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to seize Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark.
“Have you ever looked at a map and thought, ‘You know what Denmark needs? More sunshine, palm trees, and roller skates,’” said the petition’s page. “Well, we have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make that dream a reality. Let’s buy California from Donald Trump! Yes, you heard that right. California could be ours, and we need your help to make it happen.”
The petition joked that “we’ll never run out of avocado toast,” referencing California’s avocado production. The page even floated the idea of renaming Disneyland after famed Danish author Hans Christian Andersen.
The goal is to raise $1 trillion in support of the longshot effort, according to the petition’s page.
“We’ll bring hygge to Hollywood, bike lanes to Beverly Hills, and organic smørrebrød to every street corner,” the fundraiser’s page said. “Rule of law, universal health care and fact based politics might apply.”
Since being reelected president, Trump has continued to take interest in purchasing Greenland. “I don’t really know what claim Denmark has to it, but it would be a very unfriendly act if they didn’t allow that to happen because it’s for the protection of the free world,” Trump told the BBC and other reporters last month. “I think Greenland we’ll get because it has to do with freedom of the world.”
On Tuesday, Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Georgia, announced that he had introduced a bill to authorize the purchase of Greenland and rename it “Red, White, and Blueland.”
Today in the House of Representatives:
Rep. Buddy Carter has a new bill to rename Greenland “Red, White, and Blueland.” pic.twitter.com/dIMEOMCT7w— Emily Brooks (@emilybrooksnews) February 11, 2025
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Feb 10, 2025|Updated Feb 11, 2025 9:51 a.m.
BREAKING NEWS REPORTER
Jordan Parker is a breaking news reporter for The San Francisco Chronicle. He graduated from Sacramento State University in May 2022 with a degree in journalism. During his time there, he spent three years as a reporter and editor for the university’s award-winning student newspaper, The State Hornet. He spent his senior year of college serving as The Hornet’s first Black editor in chief, leading the organization to two Pacemaker awards and several other national honors from the Associated Collegiate Press. When he’s not chasing down a story, he likes watching movies, traveling and trying new restaurants.
