Trump says he is sending a hospital ship to Greenland

[highplainsdem]

Source: Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he was working with Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry to send a hospital boat to Greenland, a Danish territory that Trump has said he wants to acquire.

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 Landry.

"Working 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’s on the way!!!" Trump said.

Neither the White House nor Landry's office responded to queries about the post, whether the ship had been requested by Denmark or Greenland and which sick people needed help. The Department of War had no immediate comment.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-says-he-is-sending-hospital-ship-greenland-2026-02-22/

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Neither of the Navy's two hospital ships are stationed in Louisiana.

What insane plot does Trump think he's hatching?

[AZLD4Candidate]

1. Yet to him and his MAGAt cultists, sick homeless Americans can go F themselves!

Greenland wants nothing to do with you, Skeezix.

[Skittles]

2. so, fuck you in America if you want affordable health care

but we will send help to Greenland?

[SheltieLover]

3. Release unredacted trumpstein files

[snowybirdie]

42. Like it!

Trumpstein files it now is

[SheltieLover]

44. Well, it appears slobby & bestie eps were business partners

So, credit where credit is due.

[yellow dahlia]

4. Huh!?

[Deuxcents]

5. Is he sending a hospital ship so when he invades, the casualties can get treated by the invaders?

[highplainsdem]

8. Both Navy hospital ships are being repaired.

[highplainsdem]

6. Both Navy hospital ships are in port in Alabama for repairs. So is Trump sending a warship, and

planning to announce some kind of fake medical emergency and quarantine?

Tweet from a retired Navy intel officer:

Link to tweet

[Wednesdays]

15. So, while the world is distracted by TSF's action against Iran,

He sweeps into Greenland and takes it in a weekend blitzkrieg?



I'm surmising there are no defending armed forces there, and any forces from Denmark or other countries would arrive far too late.

[wnylib]

31. Time for the US military to recall the advice of Senator Kelly

and 4 other members of Congress that the military are obligated to refuse illegal orders.

[LuvLoogie]

7. That motherfucker is going to infect them.

He's going to start an epidemic there.

[FakeNoose]

9. Somebody please take Grandpa's phone away, he's doing it again!

[Figarosmom]

10. Maybe there is a measles outbreak

At the American base there.

[Klarkashton]

11. Latest bullshit

[vapor2]

12. Someone please enact the 25th effn amendment

[SunSeeker]

13. That "hospital ship" needs to stay in Louisiana, where there are tons of sick people with no insurance.

Trump has completely lost his mind.

Greenland has free Universal Healthcare, and inhabitants are flown to Denmark for free if the treatment needed is not available in Greenland. Nobody from Greenland would get on that ship.

[highplainsdem]

14. New article on the hospital ships, which are currently in an Alabama port for repairs:

https://gcaptain.com/trump-announces-greenland-hospital-ship-mission-as-mercy-and-comfort-sit-in-alabama-shipyard/

[dflprincess]

16. What would the Governor of Louisiana have to do

with sending a U.S. Navy ship anywhere?

A shrimp boat, maybe.

[woodsprite]

18. Apparently Trump had appointed Landry as "Special Envoy"

To Greenland back in December 2025.

[woodsprite]

17. Can you say "Trojan Horse"? nt

[MacKasey]

19. I was thinking Trojan boat

[choie]

20. What the HELL is he talking about? Who is sick in Greenland and unable to get treatment?

How about working to provide healthcare to those people in this country who are one illness away from destitution, you sociopath.

[Justice matters.]

32. In two weeks.

10 years ago, that life long conman declared he was going to present his healthcare plan better than any other in the world, and especially better than "Obamacare' mmm... still waiting...

Is that great?

[progressoid]

21. Expect the fact there are no ships in LA to be ignored by the media.

Not to mention the rest of the insanity coming out of his ass.

[joanbarnes]

22. Meanwhile........no health care for Americans.

[sheshe2]

23. ...

Demented Grandpa is loose again. (Yes, it’s real.) 🥴

— Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@nothoodlum.bsky.social) 2026-02-22T02:08:42.177Z

[SunSeeker]

30. Hoodlum is hilarious! Here's another of his posts on the subject:

“Bobby and I are sending the USS Measles to Greenland so they can have freedom freckles too.” — Senile Satan

— Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@nothoodlum.bsky.social) 2026-02-22T03:08:30.746Z

[Sweet Rosie Red]

24. The stupid, It BURNS!!

The delusional idiot Comander in Chief doesn’t even know the difference between a ship and a boat????!!!!

[Talitha]

25. Oh FFS - stick a fork in this fucker - he's DONE!!!

[GP6971]

26. Another distraction.

[PSPS]

27. Landry is obsessed with trump taking over Greenland

I can hear it now. "See how many sick people are in Greenland? They need our help! Stat! Send in the troops!!1111!!!1!!"

Oh, and this is far more important than that epstein democrat hoax, so stop talking about that!111!111!!!

[mahina]

38. Epstein Administration files

[SheltieLover]

45. Trumpstein files

[pat_k]

28. A hospital ship wouldn't address the challenges Greenland's healthcare system faces

Who knows what goes on his demented mind? Maybe he heard somewhere that Greenland's health care system has problems and he thinks if he helps them address the problems Greenlanders will be so grateful they'll say "come take our country."

Unfortunately, even if you give the demented bastard him that much credit, I don't see how a hospital ship could possibly address the challenges they face. Their issues have more to do with limited access in areas outside the reach of a regional hospital. A hospital ship would just be another "regional hospital," so the access problem remains.

I asked AI "Does Greenland have inadequate health care infrastructure"? Take with whatever grain of salt you apply to all AI, but here is the answer:

Greenland’s healthcare infrastructure is generally considered inadequate by Western standards, primarily due to extreme geographical challenges, staffing shortages, and limited specialized care outside the capital, Nuuk. While free public healthcare exists, remote communities often rely on limited, non-specialized, or short-term medical staff.

Key Infrastructure Challenges:

Geographical Limits: With no roads between towns, patients in smaller settlements must often rely on costly and weather-dependent medical evacuations (air travel) to reach regional hospitals or the main hospital in Nuuk.

Staff Shortages: There is a chronic shortage of permanent doctors and nurses, leading to a high reliance on temporary staff, which can affect the continuity of care.

Resource Distribution: While 5 regional hospitals exist (Nuuk, Aasiaat, Ilulissat, Sisimiut, Qaqortoq), specialized services are concentrated, meaning specialized care is not available everywhere.

Infrastructure Gaps: Outside of major towns, there are major gaps in specialized services, including mental health, dental, and vision care

.

[niyad]

33. Lookiing at something other than ai, one learns about how

their healthcare system is set up. Free health care, 5 regional hospitals, clinics in the communities, and Denmark for serious issues, just as I figured.

[pat_k]

35. All true. However, the challenges described are real.

I'm no AI apologist, but the summary captures some of the challenges they face as a large county with a small population. Challenges that a hospital ship would do nothing to address.

Some tidbits from a Euractiv report:
https://www.euractiv.com/news/greenland-health-agreement-expands-danish-hospital-access-offers-inuit-women-compensation/

....
Currently, healthcare services vary widely across Greenland, a self-governing part of the Kingdom of Denmark, facing unique challenges, particularly due to its vast, ice-covered territory.
...
Another challenge is the shortage of specialised health personnel. Of the 1,600 health workers, only 900 have permanent jobs. The rest are substitutes.

In 2024, the infant mortality in Greenland was much higher than in Denmark, 8,5 deaths per 1,000 live births, compared to 2,6 in Denmark. At the same time, a shortage of midwives has led to the closure of two out of five maternity wards, the report stated.

The rising costs for diabetes and obesity medicines, such as Ozempic and Wegovy, are also putting increasing pressure on healthcare budgets and patient access.

Patient transportation costs from small settlements to cities and from Greenland to Denmark are also increasing, costing between DKK 25,000 and DKK 500,000 per evacuation ( € 3,250 to € 65,000).

Greenlandic cancer patients also have almost twice the mortality risk compared to Danes, primarily due to late diagnosis and treatment, according to the Danish Ministry of Health and Interior. Minister Løhde now hopes to change this.

“It is important that Greenlandic cancer patients receive the best possible treatment so that their chances of successfully overcoming their illness are increased. That is why we must create the best possible conditions for Greenlandic patients who come to Denmark to receive radiation therapy or other forms of specialised treatment at Danish hospitals,” Løhde stated.
...

[FadedMullet]

29. If someone in Greenland is feeling poorly, congestion, maybe a chest cold, they go to free community health center.....

......for some free help and maybe stop at the free community sauna on the way home.

[C_U_L8R]

34. Like everything Trump, complete bullshit.

[raccoon]

36. Trojan horse!

[Irish_Dem]

37. Trump is getting more insane by the day.

[sinkingfeeling]

39. Maybe Landry should use the hospital ship in Louisiana since they seem to

lbe near last in getting healthcare. Also both ships are still in Mobile, Al.

https://gcaptain.com/trump-announces-greenland-hospital-ship-mission-as-mercy-and-comfort-sit-in-alabama-shipyard/

[Vinca]

40. Taking nuts to whole new levels.

[Smackdown2019]

41. Even though it is a Hospital on the water

Even though it is a hospital on the water, it is still a military ship. Location of which to be sent, as like the case you sending task forces to hot spots of the world are not to be letting their destinations to be known.

In crisis, yes the ship of hope is always welcomed, but announcing in a state of non-crisis, its still a military ship.

[Abstractartist]

43. 😆

Greenland should just let the ship anchor out in the harbor and sit there, not allowing anyone to come onto the island. That will last for about a week, and they will pull up anchor and leave.

🛳️👋🏻

[LetMyPeopleVote]

46. Greenland says 'no thanks' to Trump US hospital boat

Greenland has a better healthcare system than the US

Greenland says 'no thanks' to Trump US hospital boat

— Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot (@bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social) 2026-02-22T17:30:34.610214Z

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7jnvdzpr7o

Greenland's prime minister has asked US President Donald Trump to talk to him instead of making "random outbursts on social media", after Trump said he was sending a US hospital boat to "take care" of people on the island.

Trump wrote on Truth Social that he was going to send a boat filled with medical supplies, alleging "many people" on the island are sick and "not being taken care of".

Jens-Frederik Nielsen responded "it's going to be a no thanks from us," and said that Greenland provides free healthcare for all citizens.

Trump has long coveted the vast arctic island - but conceded in January that he would not take it by force, after previously refusing to rule out doing so.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

47. MaddowBlog-Trump reportedly isn't sending a hospital ship to Greenland after all

Too often, there is no meaningful connection between what the president says he’s going to do and what he actually does.

Remember a few days ago, when Trump announced he was deploying a hospital ship to Greenland? And he added a bunch of exclamation points?

He isn’t actually deploying the ship.

The larger arc: There’s no meaningful connection between what he says he’s going to do and what he actually does.

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-02-24T18:04:47.464Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-reportedly-isnt-sending-a-hospital-ship-to-greenland-after-all

Soon after, instead of expressing gratitude, Donald Trump published a bizarre statement to his social media platform. According to the American president, he and his administration were deploying “a great hospital boat to Greenland to take care of the many people who are sick, and not being taken care of there.” The Republican concluded, “It’s on the way!!!”.....

Soon after, an apparent explanation for the confusion came into focus. The Wall Street Journal reported:

The Pentagon has received no orders to deploy any U.S. Navy vessels to Greenland, according to U.S. officials, despite President Trump’s claim that a hospital ship is ‘on its way’ to the self-governing Danish territory.

The U.S. has two hospital ships, the East Coast-based USNS Comfort and the West Coast-based USNS Mercy, which are designed as floating medical-treatment facilities. Both vessels are in a shipyard in Mobile, Ala., according to maritime tracking information. The Comfort is undergoing repairs that are expected to be completed in April, while the Mercy is in the middle of a one-year maintenance period that began last July.

......The incumbent president has earned his reputation as an unusually prolific liar, but this is a specific kind of mendacity. Trump isn’t merely peddling nonsense about his perceived enemies or his record; this is a kind of dishonesty rooted in a disconnect from future events: The American president keeps telling the nation and the world about steps he’s going to take, only to decide later not to bother with them, without offering any kind of explanation for the shift.

After his major defeat at the U.S. Supreme Court, for example, Trump said he’d impose global tariffs at a 15% rate. That wasn’t quite right, and when the policy was announced soon after, the actual rate was 10%.

The Republican said he was going to cap credit card interest rates, and then he didn’t. He said he was going to impose steep economic penalties on any country that does business with Iran, and then he didn’t. He even said he was going to decertify aircrafts made in Canada, and then he didn’t.

For Americans who want to know what’s likely to happen with their own government, it’s generally a good idea to pay more attention to what Trump and his team do than to what they say, because what he says has little bearing on reality.