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Hilarious: Danish Petition Calls for Buying California
Hotair ^ | 02/24/2025 | David Strom

Posted on 02/24/2025 6:28:52 PM PST by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 02/24/2025 6:28:52 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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They can have it. But they have to take all the illegals with it.


2 posted on 02/24/2025 6:29:57 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children)
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This might be a great idea


3 posted on 02/24/2025 6:30:01 PM PST by Fzob (“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential)
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SOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


4 posted on 02/24/2025 6:30:33 PM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Throw in Hawaii and all of its Feral stooge “judges” as a bonus.


5 posted on 02/24/2025 6:31:16 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (The U.S. Government was not created to be a jobs program. )
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To: dp0622

California petition calls for buying danish.


6 posted on 02/24/2025 6:31:24 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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OK, joking aside.... how is Denmark going to buy California?

California’s GDP is $3.4 Trillion while the GDP of Denmark is around $356 billion. CA is almost 10 TIMES Denmark’s GDP.

Plus, California’s population of almost 40 million is over 6 times the size of Denmark’s almost 6 million.


7 posted on 02/24/2025 6:31:45 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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OK...fair enough.The price is 35 trillion Euros.Non negotiable.


8 posted on 02/24/2025 6:31:47 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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OK, joking aside.... how is Denmark going to buy California?

California’s GDP is $3.4 Trillion while the GDP of Denmark is around $356 billion. CA is almost 10 TIMES Denmark’s GDP.

Plus, California’s population of almost 40 million is over 6 times the size of Denmark’s almost 6 million.


9 posted on 02/24/2025 6:32:06 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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California, western Oregon and western Washington would be a great deal. Get enough to build the wall on the east side borders of the three while you’re at it.


10 posted on 02/24/2025 6:33:00 PM PST by Equine1952
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how is Denmark going to buy California?

Leverage.

11 posted on 02/24/2025 6:34:30 PM PST by Jeff Chandler
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RE: They can have it. But they have to take all the illegals with it.

Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and her Social Democratic Party have adopted strict controls on immigration.

Nearly a decade ago, after a surge in migration caused by wars in Libya and Syria, she and her allies changed the Social Democrats’ position to be much more restrictive. They called for lower levels of immigration, more aggressive efforts to integrate immigrants and the rapid deportation of people who enter illegally.

While in power, the party has enacted these policies. Denmark continues to admit immigrants, and its population grows more diverse every year. But the changes are happening more slowly than elsewhere.

Today 12.6 percent of the population is foreign-born, up from 10.5 percent when Frederiksen took office. In Germany, just to Denmark’s south, the share is almost 20 percent. In Sweden, it is even higher.


12 posted on 02/24/2025 6:34:38 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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Here is what Grok3 has to say about the prospects of Denmark purchasing California:

No, Denmark cannot purchase California in any practical or legal sense. The idea stems from a satirical petition called "Denmarkification," which gained traction in early 2025 as a playful jab at Donald Trump’s interest in acquiring Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory. The petition, which has reportedly collected over 200,000 signatures, humorously suggests Denmark could crowdfund $1 trillion to buy California, promising to bring "hygge to Hollywood" and rename Disneyland "Hans Christian Andersenland." It’s a tongue-in-cheek response, not a serious proposal—evidenced by its own disclaimer: "100% real… in our dreams."

Legally, the U.S. Constitution doesn’t provide a mechanism for selling a state. States are integral parts of the union, and their status isn’t up for grabs like a piece of real estate. Historically, the U.S. has bought territories—like Louisiana in 1803 or Alaska in 1867—but those were unincorporated lands, not established states with full representation. California, with its 39 million people and status as the world’s fifth-largest economy, isn’t a commodity Trump or Congress could just offload, even if they wanted to. Plus, the federal government doesn’t "own" states in a way that allows them to be sold—states have sovereignty within the federal system.

Trump’s rocky relationship with California—he’s called it “the most ruined state in the Union” and clashed with its leaders—might fuel the satire, but it doesn’t change the reality. Denmark, a country of 6 million with a GDP of about $400 billion, couldn’t realistically muster $1 trillion (over twice its annual economic output) for a stunt like this, nor would the U.S. entertain it. The petition’s a clever troll, not a feasible plan. California’s staying put—unless, of course, its own secession movement (also a long shot) says otherwise.


13 posted on 02/24/2025 6:34:53 PM PST by SamAdams76
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24 dollars. SOLD! 🕺


14 posted on 02/24/2025 6:34:56 PM PST by alstewartfan (Child slavery, rape and drug OD's mean nothing to Roberts and Barrett. )
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To: SeekAndFind

We’ll swap you!


15 posted on 02/24/2025 6:35:03 PM PST by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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If they promise to take each and every DemocRAt and leave us the productive folks, it’s a deal.


16 posted on 02/24/2025 6:35:12 PM PST by Da Coyote
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They have over 15,600 coffee places in California with more scheduled.

So they have the coffee, now they’ll have the Danish. ☕ 🥐


17 posted on 02/24/2025 6:35:14 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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A 20 year mortgage. We can underwrite a loan. If Denmark can figure out how to turn a profit it might work.


18 posted on 02/24/2025 6:36:22 PM PST by Fzob (“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential)
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The old saying was “There’s something rotten in Denmark” well buy California and it will be undeniable.


19 posted on 02/24/2025 6:36:24 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
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Heck, we’ll give it to you one one condition:

NO take-backsies.


20 posted on 02/24/2025 6:38:22 PM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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