{"id":1666125,"date":"2026-02-23T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1666125"},"modified":"2026-02-23T16:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:15:00","slug":"greenland-prime-minister-rejects-hospital-ship-offered-by-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/greenland-prime-minister-rejects-hospital-ship-offered-by-trump\/1666125\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenland Prime Minister Rejects Hospital Ship Offered By Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greenland Prime Minister Rejects Hospital Ship Offered By Trump<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Jacki Thrapp via The Epoch Times,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Greenland\u2019s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said he does not support President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to send a hospital ship to Greenland.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a no thank you from here,\u201d <\/strong>according to a translation of Nielsen\u2019s Facebook post on Feb. 22.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s idea to send an American hospital ship here to Greenland is noted. But we have a public health system where treatment is free for citizens. It\u2019s a deliberate choice. And a basic part of our society. It\u2019s not like that in the United States, where it costs money to go to the doctor.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Nielsen said Greenland is \u201calways open to dialogue and collaboration\u201d but requested Trump \u201ctalk to us now instead of just coming up with more or less random outbursts on social media.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s not clear which ship was sent.<\/p>\n

The rejection came one day after Trump said on Truth Social that a hospital ship was on its way to the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to send a great hospital boat to Greenland to take care of the many people who are sick, and not being taken care of there,\u201d Trump shared in a Truth Social post on Feb. 21.<\/em><\/p>\n

Trump said he worked with Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, who serves as special envoy to Greenland, on making the trip a reality.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s on the way!!!\u201d <\/strong><\/em>Trump added.<\/p>\n

Trump did not say when the ship would arrive or what health issues crews on board are going to help treat.<\/p>\n

The announcement was made hours after Denmark\u2019s military said its arctic command forces evacuated a crew member of a U.S. submarine for urgent medical treatment.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe crew member needed urgent medical treatment and has been transferred to the Greenlandic health authorities and the hospital in Nuuk,\u201d the Danish Joint Arctic Command shared on its Facebook page Feb. 21.<\/em><\/p>\n

Trump did not say if the crew member\u2019s medical issue inspired him to act and deploy the ship to Greenland, which is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark that Trump has long suggested should be under control of the United States for strategic and national and global security reasons.<\/p>\n

The Epoch Times contacted the White House and Landry for additional information but did not hear back by time of publication.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nMon, 02\/23\/2026 – 11:15<\/span><\/p>\n

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