Trump says he's Sending a Hospital Boat to Greenland

Sunday, February 22, 2026

President Donald Trump on helping those in Greenland, which has universal health care, get medical treatment: "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!"

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How about Gov. Landry just offer free healthcare to people in Louisiana? Population of Greenland: ~57,000 (who already have healthcare); population of Louisiana: ~4.5M, nearly half are on Medicaid, 10% have no health insurance.
-- Juju Bee (@notbeforenoon.bsky.social) Feb 21, 2026 at 10:21 PM

Healthcare in Greenland is publicly funded, free at the point of use, and despite geographical challenges considered very good.
Healthcare costs in the USA are extortionate and responsible for 60% of all US bankruptcies.
So maybe Denmark should be sending hospital ships the other way.[image or embed]
— Otto English (@ottoenglish.bsky.social) Feb 22, 2026 at 3:43 AM

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Stinky should send the hospital ship to South Carolina to treat all of the paste-eating MAGAts with measles.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-02-22 12:59 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Another of Old Yeller's "solutions" for a nonexistent problem. The senescent grifter cannot read a room. "Go away" doesn't sink in, apparently, as childish obsessions hold sway.

#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-02-22 05:25 AM | Reply

Greenlanders enjoy excellent universal healthcare through Denmark.

Dummkopf Trumpf is mimicking what China did last year when Beijing sent a military hospital ship to Africa. Somebody on his staff told him about it.

The Chinese ship sailed into several ports along the east, south, and west coasts and treated patients for free, including surgical operations. The ship stayed one or two full weeks in Capetown Suid-Afrika.

But those port calls were coordinated with the host nation countries and many patients were already vetted and triaged for free treatment weeks beforehand.

The Africans became eternally grateful to China.

Dummkopf Trumpf's assistance to Africa: Withdrawing the US from WHO, dismantling USAID, destroying food, medicine, and prophylactics destined for them in warehouses.

As of late January, the 1,000-bed USNS Mercy was firmly in drydock at Alabama Shipyard in Mobile, where it has been undergoing scheduled maintenance since July 2025.

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-22 05:39 AM | Reply

Sending a "boat?" (how typical)

It appears that Trump doesn't know the difference between a "boat" and a ship.

Nonetheless, and knowing Trump's penchant for lying when it's easier to tell the truth, my guess is this announcement was made purely for effect. He wants to change his image from a ruthless murderer to a humanitarian.

Too little, too late.

#4 | Posted by Twinpac at 2026-02-22 05:52 AM | Reply

If only there were some people in the United States in need of medical care...

Obamacare enrollment down more than 1 million as coverage becomes more expensive [After Trump Raises Their Premiums]
foxbaltimore.com

#5 | Posted by censored at 2026-02-22 07:07 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

This hospital ship is in dry dock and, despite Trump saying that it is already on its way (Hallucination or lie? You pick), is not going any damned place.

#6 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-22 08:36 AM | Reply

Danish military evacuates US submariner who needed urgent medical care off Greenland

www.militarytimes.com

#7 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-02-22 10:41 AM | Reply

Thank you, Denmark.

And GFY Dummkopf Trumpf.

#8 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-22 10:47 AM | Reply

Ron Filipkowski
@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
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Thank you to Greenland for providing emergency medical care to a US sailor on board the submarine, since we did not have adequate resources in the area to treat him. I'm sorry that our president felt the need to cover up our shortcomings with a deranged ghost hospital ship post.

#9 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-02-22 11:44 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Pres Trump may want the hospital ship there to treat the Americans he will be using to invade Greenland ...

#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-22 12:20 PM | Reply

This hospital ship is in dry dock

Google Earth shows the ship at the dockyard, but not in drydock. Unknown date on the imagery.

#11 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-02-22 12:22 PM | Reply

They don't want it:

Greenland says no, thanks' to Trump's US hospital boat

Greenland has said it does not need medical assistance from other countries, after Donald Trump said he was sending a hospital ship to the autonomous Danish territory he wants to acquire.

www.theguardian.com

#12 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-02-22 01:04 PM | Reply

America First!

#13 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-02-22 01:10 PM | Reply

We provide healthcare to anyone but Americans.

#14 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-22 01:12 PM | Reply

Greenland Rejects Trump Hospital Ship, Criticizes US Health Care
www.newsweek.com

... Greenland's prime minister has publicly rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's suggestion to send a U.S. hospital ship to the island, saying the semi-autonomous Danish territory already provides free health care to its citizens and does not need outside medical assistance.

"It's going to be a no thank you from here," JensFrederik Nielsen wrote in a pointed statement on Facebook Sunday, saying Greenland's publicly funded health care system was a "deliberate choice" and contrasting it with the U.S. "where it costs money to go to the doctor. He added that Greenland remained open to cooperation, but wanted Washington to pursue dialogue rather than "random outbursts on social media." ...

#15 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-22 01:17 PM | Reply

Both are in drydock and unavailable, maybe he will send a dingy with a first aid kit. If so, then calling it a boat was correct.
www.bing.com

#16 | Posted by mattm at 2026-02-22 01:52 PM | Reply

By wary of anything the dump has to offer.

#17 | Posted by bat4255 at 2026-02-22 03:10 PM | Reply

Both are in drydock and unavailable, ...
www.bing.com

#8 | POSTED BY MATTM

No ----.... yet look at the hyperventilating Lumpers, the lie is the point ...this is what really happened ....

A U.S. Navy sailor was medically evacuated Saturday afternoon from an American nuclear-powered submarine by Danish military forces, according to a U.S. and Danish official.

The submarine broke from its mission and surfaced about eight miles from Nuuk, Greenland, an extraordinary step for a vessel designed to remain hidden beneath the sea in secrecy.

The sailor was airlifted by a Danish Defense Seahawk helicopter, deployed from the V ... dderen, a Danish military patrol ship.

It's unclear what the nature of the medical emergency was, but it was not combat-related, according to the U.S. official.

The sailor is being treated at a hospital in Nuuk, Greenland's capital.
abcnews.com

#18 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-02-22 03:29 PM | Reply

By wary of anything the dump has to offer.
#9 | POSTED BY BAT4255

Be wary of anything you knuckledragging mouth breathers post.

#19 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-02-22 03:29 PM | Reply

Be wary of anything you knuckledragging mouth breathers post.
#11 | POSTED BY ONETRUMPER

Whatever you say, JeffJ!

#20 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-22 03:31 PM | Reply

Greenland is sending ships to treat the demented orange turd.

bsky.app

#21 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-02-22 03:56 PM | Reply

No ----.... yet look at the hyperventilating Lumpers, the lie is the point ...
#10 | Posted by oneironaut

A lie? Please tell us, O Sweet Fake Bernie Bro (but real MAGAt paid Russian Troll), whose lie was it?

#22 | Posted by censored at 2026-02-22 05:51 PM | Reply

whose lie was it?

Good question. What does the submarine medivac have to do with anything?

#23 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-02-22 07:59 PM | Reply

Give Trump an igloo on the middle of the icesheet and tell the Dotard he's the king of Greenland.

#24 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-02-22 08:05 PM | Reply

What does the submarine medivac have to do with anything?

#23 | POSTED BY REDIAL

You'll get it eventually ..... oh wait you're from Canada where they are poorer than even those in Missippi!

#25 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-02-22 08:11 PM | Reply

You'll get it eventually ...

I doubt it. Your deflection is stupid.

#26 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-02-22 08:32 PM | Reply

Kiss your tax dollars goodbye.

#27 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-22 09:30 PM | Reply

Kiss your tax dollars goodbye.

Tariffs will pay for it.

#28 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-02-22 10:02 PM | Reply