American tax payers will now pay for a hospital ship which will be sent to Greenland, Trump claims on Truth Social.
Let me rephrase that: The US, which does not offer free healthcare to its own people, wants it's own people to offer free healthcare… to Greenland… which already has free healthcare.
Maybe it is time for another brain scan for the US president.
@randahl so the US has two hospital ships the USNS Mercy and the Comfort both with about 1000 Beds all told. This is 10 times the capacity of Greenland's own hospital facilities.
For a lot of maladies Greenland's people are sent to mainland Denmark far away from friends and relatives and referred to the Rigshospitalet.
So while, for US citizens picking up the bill, this might seem questionable, as a hearts and minds exercise it may not be that stupid.
I guess the real question is, what happens when the orange one gets bored or offended or starts a war with a country with some military capability. Will Denmark suddenly find itself having to ship 1K patients back to Europe?
@Ilka4You my point: it depends how long the hospital ship is stationed there, lets say 6 months, that might be 700 referrals that would otherwise go to Denmark that could be taken care of nearer home.
Of course the situation is a little more complicated than that, as to fly from one area to another in Greenland you may need to take flights via Denmark anyway - only a third of the population lives in Nuuk.
I agree, it's total Bullshit, the question for me is, does it bring Trump, arch Populist that he is, nearer to his goal of persuading Greenland's citizens that joining the US is a good idea?
Not to forget, that It also puts the DK or Greenlandic governments in the awkward position of refusing "help."
Currently the Mercy's is showing as in Mobile. The Comfort's transponder has been silent for 17 Days - so it may be underway with one of the task forces.
IDK It could all just be Trump living rent free in our heads again by flooding the zone. Probably this.
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