{"id":496517,"date":"2026-02-22T09:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T09:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/496517\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T09:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T09:44:10","slug":"trump-says-he-is-sending-a-hospital-ship-to-greenland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/496517\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he is sending a hospital ship to Greenland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">WASHINGTON &#8211; US President Donald Trump said on Feb 21 he was working with Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry to send a hospital boat to Greenland, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/world\/europe\/trumps-desire-to-own-greenland-persists-says-danish-pm?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">a Danish territory that Mr Trump has said he wants to acquire.<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Mr Trump announced the plan on social media moments before hosting a dinner for Republican governors at the White House, where he sat next to and chatted with Mr Landry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cWorking with the fantastic Governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry, we 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. It\u2019s on the way,\u201d Mr Trump said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Neither the White House nor Mr Landry\u2019s office responded to queries about the post, whether the ship had been requested by Denmark or Greenland and which sick people needed help. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The Department of War had no immediate comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/world\/europe\/denmarks-king-visits-greenland-showing-unity-in-the-face-of-trump-threats?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">Danish King Frederik paid a second visit to Greenland<\/p>\n<p><\/a> in a year last week, an attempt to demonstrate unity with the territory in the face of Mr Trump\u2019s push to buy the island.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Greenland, Denmark and the US in late January held talks to resolve the situation following months of tensions within the NATO defence alliance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Mr Trump\u2019s post came hours after Denmark\u2019s Joint Arctic Command said it had evacuated a crew member who required urgent medical treatment from a US submarine in Greenland\u2019s waters, seven nautical miles outside of Greenland\u2019s capital, Nuuk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">It was unclear what connection Mr Landry had with the matter or if the post had any connection to the evacuation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The US Navy has two hospital ships, the Mercy and the Comfort, but neither are stationed in Louisiana. 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