Trump’s Greenland Hospital Ship Claim Collides With Reality
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The Pentagon has not received any orders to deploy a U.S. hospital ship to Greenland, despite Trump’s claim. The Navy’s Mercy and Comfort are in shipyard maintenance and not slated for deployment. Any request would require Danish approval, and Greenland’s prime minister publicly rejected the idea, noting Greenland’s public healthcare system. The episode underscores Trump’s ongoing fixation with Greenland and related diplomacy.
- Trump’s Own Officials Go Public to Debunk His Bizarre Greenland Flex The Daily Beast
- Denmark Rejects Trump’s Plan to Send Hospital Boat to Greenland The New York Times
- The Greenlandic Bricklayer Behind Trump’s Plan to Send a Hospital Ship WSJ
- Trump says he’s sending a hospital boat to Greenland as territory says ‘no thanks’ CNN
- Danish military evacuates U.S. submariner who needed urgent medical care off Greenland NPR
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