A lighthearted Danish petition to buy the state of California and “bring hygge to Hollywood” comes in response to President Donald Trump’s talk about taking control of Greenland, a vast and mineral-rich Arctic island, from Denmark. The petition’s website claimed over 200,000 signatures by midmorning Wednesday, with a goal of 500,000 signers. It’s not clear how long the petition has been running and a representative did not immediately return a request for comment. The petition includes a disclaimer at the bottom noting that it is a joke. In 2019, Trump scrapped a trip to Denmark and said the cancellation was because Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen made a “nasty” statement when she rejected his first-term idea of buying Greenland as an absurdity.
