{"id":21388,"date":"2026-02-23T01:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T01:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/21388\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T01:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T01:50:12","slug":"danish-military-evacuates-us-submarine-crew-amid-tensions-over-trumps-greenland-takeover-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/21388\/","title":{"rendered":"Danish military evacuates US submarine crew amid tensions over Trump\u2019s Greenland takeover push"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/128688743.jpg\" title=\"Trump\u2019s First Naval Deployment To Greenland After Invasion Threat; Denmark In Action\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdersrc=\"\" placeholdermsid=\"\" msid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" alt=\"Trump\u2019s First Naval Deployment To Greenland After Invasion Threat; Denmark In Action\" class=\"undefined\"\/> In a humanitarian gesture amid simmering geopolitical tensions, Denmark\u2019s military evacuated a crew member from a US submarine near Greenland for urgent medical treatment, even as US President Donald Trump\u2019s proposal to send a hospital ship to the Arctic territory triggered sharp political reactions.According to Denmark\u2019s Joint Arctic Command, the evacuation took place on Saturday about 7 nautical miles off Nuuk, Greenland\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s First Naval Deployment To Greenland After Invasion Threat; Denmark In Action<\/p>\n<p>A Danish Seahawk helicopter, deployed from an inspection vessel, airlifted the crew member and transported them to a hospital in Nuuk for immediate care. Authorities did not disclose details about the medical emergency but confirmed the operation was conducted swiftly to ensure the individual\u2019s safety.The rescue comes at a sensitive time, as diplomatic strains have grown between NATO allies Denmark and the United States over renewed US interest in Greenland, a mineral-rich and strategically significant Arctic territory.Soon after the evacuation, Trump announced plans to send a US hospital ship to Greenland, claiming residents were not receiving adequate healthcare. In a post on his Truth Social platform, he said he was coordinating with Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry, his special envoy for Greenland, to deploy a medical vessel to assist locals. <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WhatsApp Image 2026-02-23 at 02\" msid=\"128688794\" width=\"\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/whatsapp-image-2026-02-23-at-02.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/> The announcement, however, caught Danish authorities off guard. Danish defence minister Troels Lund Poulsen said Copenhagen had not been informed of any such deployment.Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen pushed back against Trump\u2019s claims, defending Denmark\u2019s universal healthcare model. She said both Denmark and Greenland ensure free and equal access to medical care, stressing that treatment is not determined by wealth or insurance status.Greenlandic leaders also voiced skepticism. Aaja Chemnitz, one of Greenland\u2019s representatives in the Danish parliament, criticised the proposal, saying it did not address long-term healthcare needs and appeared more symbolic than practical.Greenland\u2019s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen acknowledged the US proposal but emphasised the territory\u2019s commitment to its public healthcare system. While expressing openness to cooperation with Washington, he urged respectful dialogue instead of unilateral announcements.Denmark\u2019s prompt evacuation of the US crew member highlighted continued operational cooperation between the two allies in the strategically vital Arctic region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a humanitarian gesture amid simmering geopolitical tensions, Denmark\u2019s military evacuated a crew member from a US submarine&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[14536,57,14373,10655,14537,9195],"class_list":{"0":"post-21388","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-greenland","8":"tag-danish-military-evacuation","9":"tag-greenland","10":"tag-hospital-ship-greenland","11":"tag-trump-greenland-proposal","12":"tag-us-submarine-medical-emergency","13":"tag-us-denmark-relations"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}