Danes offer to buy California to spite Trump’s Greenland aims: ‘We’ll bring hygge to Hollywood’

Satirical petition from Denmark, which owns Greenland, racks up 200,000 signatures as Trump eyes Arctic island

Since returning to the presidency last month, Donald Trump has called for Canada to become the 51st US state, suggested he might take over the Panama Canal, floated US ownership of Gaza – and tried to buy Greenland.

Now, Denmark – which owns Greenland – is clapping back.

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