Greenland’s prime minister declines Trump’s offer of a hospital ship
The proposal of sending a hospital ship to Greenland, a country that U.S. President Donald Trump has stated he wants to annex, was met with “no thanks” from Greenland’s prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, on Sunday.
“President Trump’s idea of sending an American hospital ship here to Greenland has been noted,” Trump stated on social media on Saturday, referring to his collaboration with Jeff Landry, the governor of Louisiana and special envoy to Greenland. However, residents can receive treatment for free under our public healthcare system. “It’s a conscious decision,” Nielsen stated in a Facebook post.
“But talk to us instead of just making more or less random outbursts on social media,” Nielsen stated, adding that Greenland was still open to cooperation and communication, including with the United States.
After months of anxiety inside the NATO defense alliance over Trump’s threats against the Arctic territory, Greenland, Denmark, and the United States opened a new tab with the U.S. late last month and began diplomatic negotiations to address the situation.
Hours after announcing that the ship had rescued a crew member in need of immediate medical attention from a U.S. submarine in Greenlandic waters, seven nautical miles outside of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, Trump posted a picture of the ship. Whether the post had anything to do with the evacuation was unclear.
