Danish campaigners are proposing to buy California from the United States and turn it into a territory of Denmark in response to Donald Trump’s bid to acquire Greenland. The ‘Denmarkification’ campaign says it seeks to crowdfund $1 trillion to purchase the US state, after which it plans to instill it with Danish values and make the most of its sunny weather and resources. (…)
(…) Bosses from Danish toy giant Lego would run talks between the US and Denmark, Dutoit told Politico, because ‘dealing with children throwing tantrums over missing bricks has made them experts in negotiation.’ (…)

  • Hellfire103@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    Great story, but I feel I should mention that the Daily Heil does not qualify as news, due to the sheer volume of disinformation it publishes.

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      17 hours ago

      There’s no mention of it in news in Denmark.

      All the tabloids are pointing to this page as “source”: https://denmarkification.com/

      It’s obviously a satirical site. My guess is that it’s made by an American.