Trump says sending 'great hospital boat' to Greenland
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Key Points:
- US President Donald Trump announced plans to send a hospital boat to Greenland to treat many sick people, though he did not specify details about the patients or timing.
- Denmark's Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen stated that Greenland's population receives adequate healthcare locally or in Denmark, dismissing the need for external medical assistance.
- The announcement followed the evacuation of a US submarine crew member requiring urgent medical care in Greenland's waters, though no direct connection between the two events was confirmed.
- Trump's move comes amid ongoing tensions between the US and Europe over Greenland, a strategically important, mineral-rich Arctic territory that is self-governing but part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
- Efforts to ease tensions include talks between Greenland, Denmark,
