Overview
- President Trump announced he was sending a U.S. hospital ship to Greenland, declaring it was already on the way and citing work with envoy Jeff Landry.
- Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen responded “no thanks,” stressing the island’s free public healthcare, and Danish leaders echoed that no outside medical aid is needed.
- The White House, Pentagon and U.S. Navy offered no confirmation or details on any deployment despite multiple inquiries from reporters.
- Public shipyard posts and tracking reports placed the Navy’s two hospital ships, USNS Mercy and USNS Comfort, in maintenance in Mobile, Alabama, casting doubt on immediate movement.
- Trump’s post followed Denmark’s Joint Arctic Command evacuating a sick U.S. submariner near Nuuk, and it featured an AI-generated image of the USNS Mercy.