‘Red, White, and Blueland’: U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter proposes new Greenland name

It looks similar U.S. President Donald Trump mightiness question to rename Greenland “Red, White, and Blueland” nether a caller measure introduced by Congress.

The new bill was introduced by U.S. Republican Rep. Buddy Carter, and it would springiness Trump the powerfulness to participate into negotiations with Denmark to get Greenland and rename it, if it passes the House and Senate.

“America is backmost and volition soon beryllium bigger than ever with the summation of Red, White, and Blueland,” Carter said in a statement. “President Trump has correctly identified the acquisition of what is present Greenland arsenic a nationalist information priority, and we volition proudly invited its radical to articulation the freest federation to ever beryllium erstwhile our Negotiator-in-Chief inks this monumental deal.”

Carter’s caller connection gives the Office of the Secretary of the Interior six months aft the bill’s imaginable transition to guarantee that national documents are updated reflecting the caller sanction of “Red, White and Blueland.”

Greenland, location to a ample U.S. subject base, is an autonomous territory of Denmark, a longtime U.S. state and a founding subordinate of NATO.

Meanwhile, successful Denmark, thousands of Danish citizens person signed a satirical “Denmarkification” petition to bargain California from the U.S. successful effect to Trump’s existent bid to get Greenland.

The online petition, which has reportedly garnered adjacent to 200,000 signatures, reads: “Los Angeles? More similar Løs Ångeles. Have you ever looked astatine a representation and thought, ‘You cognize what Denmark needs? More sunshine, thenar trees, and roller skates.'”

“Well, we person a once-in-a-lifetime accidental to marque that imagination a reality,” the run website reads. “Let’s bargain California from Donald Trump!”

Danes who person signed the petition are encouraged to donate for the fundraising extremity of $1 trillion, “give oregon instrumentality a fewer billion.”

There are besides 5 large incentives for Danes to motion the petition: sunshine, tech, avocado toast, protecting the escaped satellite and Disneyland — which the petition calls to rename “Hans Christian Andersenland,” aft the Danish fairy communicative author.

“Mickey Mouse successful a Viking helmet? Yes, please,” the petition reads.

“Trump isn’t precisely California’s biggest fan. He’s called it ‘the astir ruined authorities successful the Union’ and has feuded with its leaders for years. We’re beauteous definite he’d beryllium consenting to portion with it for the close price.”

Last month, Danish person Anders Vistisen did not clasp back erstwhile helium issued a nationalist connection to Trump over his pitch to make Greenland part of the United States.

“Dear President Trump, perceive precise carefully,” Vistisen said successful European Parliament. “Greenland has been portion of the Danish kingdom for 800 years. It’s an integrated portion of our country. It is not for sale.”

Vistisen went connected to usage immoderate profanity that got him successful occupation with the remainder of the European Parliament.

“Let maine enactment it successful words you mightiness understand,” helium said. “Mr. Trump, f–k off!”

Nicolae Stefanuta, vice-president of the European Parliament, jumped successful and told Vistisen that connection was not acceptable.

“If the translation was correct, the word you utilized is not allowed successful this location and determination volition beryllium consequences to the connection you person used,” Stefanuta said. “It is not OK successful this location of democracy. Thank you. Regardless of what we deliberation of Mr. Trump, it is not imaginable to usage specified language.”

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Trump was asked astir Greenland by reporters after helium took bureau connected Jan. 20.

“Greenland is simply a fantastic place, we request it for planetary security,” Trump responded. “I’m definite that Denmark volition travel on — it’s costing them a batch of wealth to support it, to support it.”

On Jan. 21, Greenland’s Prime Minister Mute B. Egede addressed Trump’s comments astir the territory.

“We are Greenlanders. We don’t privation to beryllium Americans. We don’t privation to beryllium Danish either. Greenland’s aboriginal volition beryllium decided by Greenland. Our state and our radical volition determine what happens to Greenland.”

In January, Trump said helium wouldn’t regularisation retired utilizing force or economical unit to marque Greenland — a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark — portion of the United States. Trump said it was a substance of nationalist information for the U.S.

“We request Greenland for nationalist information purposes,” Trump told reporters connected Jan. 7.

Trump has antecedently formed doubts connected the legitimacy of Denmark’s assertion to Greenland. Addressing Trump’s comments successful an interrogation with Danish broadcaster TV2, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called the United States Denmark’s “most important and closest ally,” and said she did not judge that the United States would usage subject oregon economical powerfulness to unafraid power implicit Greenland.

Frederiksen repeated that she welcomed the United States taking a greater involvement successful the Arctic region, but said it would “have to beryllium done successful a mode that is respectful of the Greenlandic people.”

“At the aforesaid time, it indispensable beryllium done successful a mode that allows Denmark and the United States to inactive co-operate in, among different things, NATO,” Frederiksen said.

Trump initially voiced his interest in Greenland successful 2019 during his archetypal word successful office. He said Greenland was “hurting Denmark precise badly” and costing it $700 cardinal a year. His solution was to person the United States get Greenland, calling it “a ample existent property deal.”

—With files from The Associated Press