Trump trolled Greenland's free healthcare with Navy hospital ships. 'It’s a no thank you from here'
Fortune • • general
Key Points:
- Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen rejected former President Trump's offer to send a hospital ship to Greenland, emphasizing the territory's free public health care system and urging direct communication rather than social media statements.
- The Danish Joint Arctic Command evacuated a U.S. submarine crew member near Nuuk for urgent medical treatment, but Danish authorities were not informed about the hospital ship reportedly en route from the U.S.
- Both U.S. Navy hospital ships, USNS Mercy and USNS Comfort, are currently docked at a shipyard in Mobile, Alabama, contradicting Trump's claim that a hospital ship is on its way to Greenland.
- The incident highlights ongoing tensions between Denmark and the U.S. following Trump's repeated suggestions of a U
