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Did you see it? Here are some of today's biggest April fools' jokes

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Tuesday, April 01, 2025 • 4:53 PM UTC - in Denmark

April Fool's Day!

Such practices are prohibited in DR News, but they are not for others in the media, companies, and politicians who can still take a jab at us all on April 1st and hopefully give a good laugh.

Among this year's April Fools are Frisko, who claim to have launched a rose cabbage ice cream, FDM who lie about a law proposal for automatic lane changes for drivers on highways, who don't even pull into the right lane on motorways, and the tax minister who is looking for a captain for his new boat (https://www.facebook.com/rasmusstoklund) that will transport him to and from Christiansborg.

Maybe you have figured them all out, maybe you haven't. Here is a selection of today's April Fools:

Donald Trump has not responded to being bought, writes Berlingske. (Photo: © Evan Vucci, Associated Press)

We are laying heavily with an April Fool's joke from the newspaper Berlingske, who writes (https://www.berlingske.dk/indland/groenland-vi-har-koebt-donald-trump?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AerBZYNhI0T4FFSb-bFwIdS4qBeaHVyZKhxn7e7yIpL-hclAej7XR9syoHjB&gaa_ts=67ec0181&gaa_sig=2TNfqE28DOBPdTqDUgkVTFL-np_ULAFZ0nGcF0wAd2KXWcVGOfk2zhp2SC0HNlbYqtqoH10WIGXLbqkywqIJXQ%3D%3D) that the relationship between Greenland and the USA is about to be turned upside down.

Greenland has allegedly, according to several anonymous and fictitious sources, bought the American president, Donald Trump, the entire Trump administration, Trump Tower in New York, Mar-a-Lago in Florida, Truth Social, several golf courses, hotels, and cryptocurrency companies, the concept for the TV series 'The Apprentice' and a couple of unresolved matters about tys-tys money.

The money for the purchase has been found in a cash audit, where 400 billion kroner from the mining of kryolite in Greenland has been found.

Therefore, they have also sent a thorn to DR and the strongly criticized documentary 'Greenland's White Gold', which has been withdrawn.

Beards are not dangerous, but very difficult to get rid of once you have them inside the house. (Photo: © Jens Kirkeby/Biofoto/Ritzau Scanpix)

Just relax, just relax. Fortunately, this is also just a joke.

Wisdom Center Bolius hits a sensitive spot (https://www.bolius.dk/nu-er-det-forbudt-at-slaa-skaegkrae-ihjel-99944) for many Danes by writing that the plague of beards is being protected and therefore is prohibited to kill.

The lie is that beards are an endangered species in several southern European countries, and that the EU therefore has banned us all from fighting them.

- That means you should thoroughly check the places you will vacuum before you find the vacuum cleaner. If you have trouble seeing if there should be beards in crevices, sprays, and corners, it could be a good idea to first go through them with a flashlight and a magnifying glass, says a "beard-expert" in the article.

If you end up vacuuming the stupid animals, you cannot - as in no way - get up to 10 years in prison, even though Bolius writes it.

The interest rate can be determined by yourself, it sounds. (Photo: © Mads Claus Rasmussen, Ritzau Scanpix)

MobilePay is also making jokes.

The payment platform suggests that it is launching a possibility for adding interest on the amount you ask your friends for, if they do not transfer the money quickly enough.

The interest rate can be determined by yourself, writes MobilePay. (https://www.facebook.com/reel/1187384943057642)

It is of course an April Fool's joke, so your close or slow friend can be completely relaxed.

Champagne should be in vending machines, which should be placed on the capital's food stores. (Photo: © Signe Goldmann, Ritzau Scanpix)

We talk a lot about the healthcare sector's economy, how the money should be prioritized, and how many think that there are simply not enough of them on hospitals, for example.

Region Hovedstaden comes with a proposal: Use the money on champagne vending machines for all food and delivery stores in the region.

Newborns should be celebrated, so the food experience becomes more festive, writes the region in its April Fool's joke on Instagram.

Vice President's wife, Usha Vance, is going to dog racing in Høje Taastrup Municipality, now that she didn't see it in Greenland. (Photo: © Linda Kastrup, Scanpix Denmark)

A lot has been heard lately about the American vice president's wife, Usha Vance, who recently visited the American military base in Greenland.

But it is not coincidental that we only hear about it today that she is visiting Høje-Taastrup Municipality's dog racing track, Kallerupbanen.

It is enough because it is not true.

Usha Vance is supposedly, according to Høje-Taastrup Municipality (https://www.htk.dk/om-kommunen/presserum/nyheder-og-aktuelt/usha-vance-kommer-til-hoeje-taastrup) landing at Tune Airport near the military base Tune Kaserne, and it is approximately here that the lie is revealed.

The municipality claims that they have suggested to the USA to rename the military base to Tune-Base as a reference to the military base in Greenland, which previously went by the name Thulebase.

Usha Vance was supposed to oversee a dog race in Greenland instead of just making a visit to the American military base, which was previously known as Thulebase, on Friday.

Tesla cars should be banned in the inner Copenhagen, sounds the April Fool's joke from Politiken. (Photo: © Josh Edelson, Ritzau Scanpix)

Politiken also sticks its April Fool's joke in a place where it hurts many.

Tesla cars should be banned in the capital, sounds it from the newspaper.

According to the newspaper, a majority in Copenhagen's city council are so tired of Elon Musk, Donald Trump and the USA in general that they will ban people from driving in Tesla cars in a part of the inner Copenhagen.

It should start as a parking ban for Tesla cars, which can give a fine if it is broken.

Originally, the politicians had considered letting the fine amount follow the Tesla stock, but the latest time's downturn for Musk's company has made them adjust the plan.

The proposal reaches beyond the municipality, because the government also says that it thinks that "the Americans have been treated unfairly for a long time".

Tesla cars have not been banned.

The April Fool's joke has not always been prohibited in DR News and by other media, but the debate about whether they are suitable for them to make is still ongoing. Read more about it here (https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/er-tiden-loebet-fra-aprilsnarren) :

Read also: Is the time up for April Fool's jokes? (https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/er-tiden-loebet-fra-aprilsnarren)

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