{"id":21335,"date":"2026-02-23T00:41:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T00:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/21335\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T00:41:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T00:41:20","slug":"greenland-pm-rejects-president-donald-trump-hospital-ship-offer-proposal-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/21335\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenland PM rejects President Donald Trump hospital ship offer proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Greenland\u2019s prime minister publicly rebuked President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Donald Trump<\/a> on Sunday, rejecting his proposal to send a U.S. hospital ship to the Arctic territory and urging him to stop making &#8220;random&#8221; social media posts about its future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen issued the response in a pointed Facebook post following Trump\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We say no thank you from here,&#8221; Nielsen wrote. &#8220;President Trump&#8217;s idea of \u200b\u200bsending an American hospital ship here to Greenland has been noted. But we have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/health\/health-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">public healthcare system<\/a> where treatment is free for citizens.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister also contrasted Greenland\u2019s system with that of the U.S., writing that, in America, &#8220;it costs money to go to the doctor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/noticias.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-tells-davos-us-alone-can-secure-greenland-insists-he-wont-use-force\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TRUMP TELLS DAVOS US ALONE CAN SECURE GREENLAND, INSISTS HE WON\u2019T &#8216;USE FORCE&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771807279_613_greenlandic-prime-minister.jpg\" alt=\"Greenland\u2019s prime minister walks among protesters in Nuuk opposing foreign ownership of the Arctic island.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen issued a rebuttal to President Trump via Facebook. (Alessandro Rampazzo\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Nielsen said Greenland is &#8220;always&#8221; open to dialogue with the U.S. but urged Trump to engage directly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Talk to us instead of just making more or less random outbursts on social media,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;Dialogue and cooperation require respect for decisions about our country being made here at home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Trump announced on Truth Social that his administration was working with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/louisiana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry<\/a> to send a hospital ship to Greenland to care for people who are sick and &#8220;not being taken care of there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/noticias.foxnews.com\/politics\/russia-china-squeeze-us-arctic-defense-zone-trump-eyes-greenland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">RUSSIA, CHINA SQUEEZE US ARCTIC DEFENSE ZONE AS TRUMP EYES GREENLAND<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771807279_22_president-donald-trump-louisiana-gov-jeff-landry.jpg\" alt=\"President Donald Trump and Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Gov. Jeff Landry was designated special envoy to Greenland in December. (Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Landry was designated special envoy to Greenland in December and has held formal discussions outlining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/foreign-policy\/geopolitics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Trump\u2019s plans to strengthen Arctic security<\/a> amid threats from Russia and China.<\/p>\n<p>In late January, Landry spoke with NATO leaders and expressed support for a &#8220;framework of a future deal&#8221; to expand U.S. influence in the region.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/noticias.foxnews.com\/politics\/top-nato-official-reveals-details-stunning-meeting-trump-that-produced-greenland-deal-framework\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TOP NATO OFFICIAL REVEALS DETAILS OF STUNNING MEETING WITH TRUMP THAT PRODUCED GREENLAND DEAL &#8216;FRAMEWORK&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771807280_594_greenland-trump-denmark.jpg\" alt=\"Sea ice forms a solid layer across a coastal harbor in a remote Arctic town.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s offer came after Denmark\u2019s Joint Arctic Command evacuated a crew member from an American submarine near the Greenlandic capital. (Joe Raedle\/Getty)<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s offer came after Denmark\u2019s Joint Arctic Command evacuated a crew member from a U.S. submarine seven nautical miles outside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/greenland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Greenland\u2019s capital, Nuuk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The crew member was transferred by a Danish Defense Seahawk helicopter to a hospital in Nuuk and handed over to Greenlandic health authorities, the Joint Arctic Command said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Navy operates two hospital ships \u2013 the USNS Mercy and the USNS Comfort \u2013 both of which were last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/alabama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">docked in Alabama<\/a> for repairs, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital\u2019s Eric Mack contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p>Greg Wehner is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p>Story tips and ideas can be sent to Greg.Wehner@Fox.com and on Twitter @GregWehner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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