A Danish petition to buy California and “bring hygge to Hollywood” has passed 230,000 signatures in response to US President Trump’s talk about taking control of Greenland.
Before taking office again last month, Trump said he would not rule out the use of military force to seize control of Greenland, calling it vital to US national security, and last month his son visited the island.
Xavier Dutoit, the petition's organiser, got the idea last month while on holiday in the Philippines, where he overheard an American tourist loudly discussing Trump's Greenland pitch.
The city is popular with tourists, who come in droves for its aebleskiver pastries (similar to fritters), Scandinavian windmills, a main street called " Copenhagen Drive " and, of course, a Hans Christian Andersen Museum to honour the famous Danish fairy tale author.
The petition goes a step further asking Danes to “imagine swapping your rain boots for flip-flops” and offers to throw in a life time supply of Danish pastries to sweeten the deal plus bike lanes for Beverly Hills.
