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riversedge

(80,274 posts)
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 07:50 AM Yesterday

Greenland does not need US hospital ship: Danish minister

Source: cbs

Feb 22, 2026 Updated 24 mins ago


Greenland does not need medical assistance from other countries, Denmark's defence minister said Sunday, after US President Donald Trump claimed he was sending a hospital ship to the autonomous Danish territory that he covets.

"The Greenlandic population receives the healthcare it needs. They receive it either in Greenland, or, if they require specialised treatment, they receive it in Denmark. So it's not as if there's a need for a special healthcare initiative in Greenland," Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen told Danish broadcaster DR.

In Greenland as in Denmark access to healthcare is free. There are five regional hospitals across the vast Arctic island, with the Nuuk hospital serving patients from all over the territory.

Read more: https://www.cbs19news.com/greenland-does-not-need-us-hospital-ship-danish-minister/article_7625aeec-ad7e-5622-9cef-1516029908f9.html



For many, We are indeed the laughing stock of the world!

@OJoelsen
12h
No thanks!!!!
We in Greenland 🇬🇱 are healthy and doing well, sustained by our own traditional foods — including seal blubber, which is rich in vitamins and nutrients that have kept our population strong for generations.

Instead, you may want to focus on the internal challenges in the United States, where many citizens are in need of healthcare and cannot afford necessary treatment!

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From the OP:

https://www.cbs19news.com/greenland-does-not-need-us-hospital-ship-danish-minister/article_7625aeec-ad7e-5622-9cef-1516029908f9.html

There are five regional hospitals across the vast Arctic island, with the Nuuk hospital serving patients from all over the territory


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Greenland does not need US hospital ship: Danish minister (Original Post) riversedge Yesterday OP
And how many hospitals have closed in the US over the past year? Easterncedar Yesterday #1
I was wondering if it was a disguise ship. yellow dahlia Yesterday #24
Trojan horse Bayard 22 hrs ago #34
They don't want RFK Jr. type health care anyway IronLionZion Yesterday #2
Oh snap................... Lovie777 Yesterday #3
Greenland should send the US a mental hospital ship. twodogsbarking Yesterday #4
They're Coming to Take Him Away - Hurray ! yorkster Yesterday #6
I see you are a fine arts aficionado Had to look up the spelling on that one. twodogsbarking Yesterday #9
Thanks for getting my arcane, artsy point.. yorkster Yesterday #10
A number of us here are old enough to remember. And it is such a niyad Yesterday #15
Well said, niyad. Sigh. yorkster Yesterday #18
1966, by Napoleon XIV - One hit wonder. yellow dahlia Yesterday #25
;-{)...... Goonch Yesterday #5
My father served on a hospital ship in the Pacific yorkster Yesterday #31
Wow that's a message. "Maybe you're going to need a hospital ship." /nt bucolic_frolic Yesterday #7
A most excellent, chilling, observation. niyad Yesterday #14
Maybe Denmark could send a hospital ship to Louisiana. sinkingfeeling Yesterday #8
Was thinking the same. Mississipi and Alabama also have Ocean access and great need. RockCreek Yesterday #26
What a raging jerk. Meanwhile we have millions here without insurance. travelingthrulife Yesterday #11
Latest count, 26-27 million Zackzzzz Yesterday #20
The Mercy is in AL for repairs and maintenance Attilatheblond Yesterday #12
I believe both ships are in AL for repairs and maintence. Have either niyad Yesterday #17
How much is this costing We The People, or as otherwise known, Donnie's travelingthrulife Yesterday #13
We seldom see the $$ costs for Trumps Ego trips. riversedge Yesterday #28
If only he responded to the needs of Americans with such concern. Hope22 Yesterday #16
".. many people who are sick .." Bo Zarts Yesterday #19
Greenland should give the US 24 hours to revive all of our military from their country NewEnglandAutumn Yesterday #21
We had a submariner taking to a Danish hospital in Greenland yesterday WA-03 Democrat Yesterday #22
Someone must have told him the story of the Trojan Horse. Harker Yesterday #23
Don't take the blankets... Ocelot II Yesterday #27
Sadly our demented POTUS doesn't have enough sense to pour piss out of a boot. HELP!! walkingman Yesterday #29
Well it's a good thing they are still in Alabama. Jesus does he not know we have internets? underpants Yesterday #30
Could be a Trojan Horse. Do not allow it in your territorial waters. Do not trust this country! Scalded Nun 23 hrs ago #32
What Trump really said. "I just took an awful shit and I am sending it to Greenland." twodogsbarking 23 hrs ago #33
Trump is a liar bmichaelh 22 hrs ago #35
Greenland says 'no thanks' to Trump US hospital boat LetMyPeopleVote 21 hrs ago #36
Trump is delusional and demented pfitz59 16 hrs ago #37
Denmark should send a case of Big McSealBlubbers to Trump weekly. PufPuf23 14 hrs ago #38

Easterncedar

(5,943 posts)
1. And how many hospitals have closed in the US over the past year?
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 07:58 AM
Yesterday

I would say “How dare he!?” Except I think he’s just trying to move troops closer to Greenland under the cover of this stupid charade.

See Putin and his totally innocent war games on the Ukrainian border. Nothing to see here…

Lovie777

(22,454 posts)
3. Oh snap...................
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 08:01 AM
Yesterday

but is entirely true. shithole's administration with the help of the Republican party have extremely deceased the ability to be covered of health insurance, RX, coupled with the fucked up psychopaths over our health care system.

twodogsbarking

(18,209 posts)
9. I see you are a fine arts aficionado Had to look up the spelling on that one.
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 08:27 AM
Yesterday

They´re coming to take him away,
Haha, they´re coming to take him away,
Ho ho, hee hee, ha ha,
To the funny farm
Where life is beautiful all the time
And I´ll be happy to see
Those nice young men
In their clean white coats
And they´re coming to take him AWAY,
HA HAAAA

yorkster

(3,753 posts)
10. Thanks for getting my arcane, artsy point..
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 08:41 AM
Yesterday

Nuffink is too refoined for me I tells ya!

And thanks for da words.




niyad

(131,100 posts)
15. A number of us here are old enough to remember. And it is such a
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 09:38 AM
Yesterday

perfect anthem for the insane circus currently destroying our country.

yorkster

(3,753 posts)
31. My father served on a hospital ship in the Pacific
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 12:06 PM
Yesterday

in WW11. This is both brilliant and a gut punch...
No USNS Comfort or Mercy here


RockCreek

(1,450 posts)
26. Was thinking the same. Mississipi and Alabama also have Ocean access and great need.
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 11:16 AM
Yesterday

Could send it up the Mississipi too, to the northern parts of those states.

Attilatheblond

(8,589 posts)
12. The Mercy is in AL for repairs and maintenance
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 09:27 AM
Yesterday

Can't find link for Comfort, but read last night that both hospital ships were in for repairs/maintenance. Seems like a bit of bad planning if they are both in at the same time, but then I remembered the drunk in charge of DOD and the POTUS who needs to spend money on contractors who supported him and it all makes a lot of sense.

niyad

(131,100 posts)
17. I believe both ships are in AL for repairs and maintence. Have either
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 09:47 AM
Yesterday

of them been used since covid?

travelingthrulife

(4,960 posts)
13. How much is this costing We The People, or as otherwise known, Donnie's
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 09:31 AM
Yesterday

Personal Account.

What fake emergency is the First Criminal using to justify this?

Harker

(17,642 posts)
23. Someone must have told him the story of the Trojan Horse.
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 11:00 AM
Yesterday

There's subterfuge afoot, or some form of entrapment.

underpants

(195,819 posts)
30. Well it's a good thing they are still in Alabama. Jesus does he not know we have internets?
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 11:28 AM
Yesterday

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Scalded Nun

(1,643 posts)
32. Could be a Trojan Horse. Do not allow it in your territorial waters. Do not trust this country!
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 12:30 PM
23 hrs ago

If they really want to help sick people, send the ship off-shore to our own gulf-coast states. They need the help more anyway.

Besides, it appears that we cannot even take care of our own sailors. Denmark/Greenland forces apparently had to rescue a sick sailor from one of our submarines and take him/her to a Greenland hospital.

bmichaelh

(1,122 posts)
35. Trump is a liar
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 01:17 PM
22 hrs ago

Trump is a liar.

Greenland has universal healthcare.

Trump is on record he does not support universal healthcare in this country.

The ACA subsidies have yet to pass the Senate yet; a bill Trump said he may veto.

Meanwhile, people in desperate need of healthcare in this country; perhaps some in middle of cancer treatments are cancelling their ACA plans because of the increase in premiums.

Where is the healthcare for people who no longer have insurance in this country?

LetMyPeopleVote

(177,741 posts)
36. Greenland says 'no thanks' to Trump US hospital boat
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 02:21 PM
21 hrs ago

Greenland has a better healthcare system than the US

Greenland says 'no thanks' to Trump US hospital boat

Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot (@bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social) 2026-02-22T17:30:34.610214Z

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7jnvdzpr7o

Greenland's prime minister has asked US President Donald Trump to talk to him instead of making "random outbursts on social media", after Trump said he was sending a US hospital boat to "take care" of people on the island.

Trump wrote on Truth Social that he was going to send a boat filled with medical supplies, alleging "many people" on the island are sick and "not being taken care of".

Jens-Frederik Nielsen responded "it's going to be a no thanks from us," and said that Greenland provides free healthcare for all citizens.

Trump has long coveted the vast arctic island - but conceded in January that he would not take it by force, after previously refusing to rule out doing so.

pfitz59

(12,558 posts)
37. Trump is delusional and demented
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 07:38 PM
16 hrs ago

How about thanking Denmark for helping our Navy and the sick sailor?

PufPuf23

(9,754 posts)
38. Denmark should send a case of Big McSealBlubbers to Trump weekly.
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 10:07 PM
14 hrs ago

Wager that remote rural Greenland residents have better and far cheaper access to health care than many in USA.

Ominous grandstanding (as usual) by Trump.

The USA threatens and insults allies while Trump pleasures Putin and Netanyahu and attempts to destroy NATO.

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