{"id":484342,"date":"2026-02-22T19:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T19:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/484342\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T19:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T19:26:09","slug":"greenland-rejects-trumps-offer-to-send-us-hospital-ship-to-arctic-island-donald-trump-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/484342\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenland rejects Trump\u2019s offer to send US hospital ship to Arctic island | Donald Trump News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__subhead\">US President Donald Trump writes on Truth Social that a \u2018great hospital boat\u2019 is going to Greenland as he mocks its healthcare system.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article\u00a0|\u00a03 mins<\/p>\n<p>info<a class=\"avatar\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/author\/edna_mohamed_200414103930555\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2010-1.jpg\"   aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Published On 22 Feb 202622 Feb 2026<\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p>share2<\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<p>Greenland said \u201cno thanks\u201d to US President Donald Trump\u2019s plan to send a hospital ship to the Arctic island after he repeatedly threatened to seize the Danish autonomous territory for \u201cnational security\u201d reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in a post on Facebook on Sunday that Trump\u2019s proposal to send the US medical vessel had been \u201cnoted\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we have a public healthcare system where treatment is free for citizens. It is a deliberate choice,\u201d Nielsen said, reiterating Greenland remained open to dialogue and cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut talk to us instead of just making more or less random outbursts on social media,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The historically strong bilateral ties after World War II between NATO allies Denmark and the United States have come under severe strain in recent months as Trump ratcheted up talk of a possible US takeover of the mineral-rich and strategically located Arctic island.<\/p>\n<p>Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen told Danish broadcaster DR that the population of Greenland \u201creceives the healthcare it needs\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey receive it either in Greenland or, if they require specialised treatment, they receive it in Denmark,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not as if there\u2019s a need for a special healthcare initiative in Greenland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Trump said in a post on his Truth Social account \u2013 with an AI-generated image of the US Navy vessel the USNS Mercy \u2013 that it was on its way to Greenland to treat those being medically neglected.<\/p>\n<p>\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. It\u2019s on the way!!!\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has repeatedly expressed his interest in the US taking control of Greenland, citing it as a way to secure US national security. However, Greenland and Europe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/2\/6\/canada-france-to-open-consulates-in-greenland-amid-ongoing-us-threats\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rejected<\/a> the US desire to take the Arctic island and have upheld Greenlandic sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p>Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she was \u201chappy to live in a country where access to healthcare is free and equal for all\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Greenland is a place \u201cwhere insurance or wealth does not determine whether one receives dignified treatment,\u201d she added in an apparent criticism of the US healthcare system, which is not universal.<\/p>\n<p>Threats to take Greenland ebbed after Trump struck a \u201cframework\u201d deal with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in January to ensure greater US influence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US President Donald Trump writes on Truth Social that a \u2018great hospital boat\u2019 is going to Greenland as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484343,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,34356,12,1076,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-484342","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-denmark","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}