The Pentagon has not acquired orders to deploy a ‘hospital ship’ to Greenland regardless of Trump’s weird put up, report claims | EUROtoday

The Pentagon reportedly has not acquired any orders to ship a hospital ship to Greenland, regardless of President Donald Trump claiming on the weekend {that a} vessel was “on the way.”

The army hasn’t acquired orders to deploy any Navy vessels, The Wall Street Journal reported, and each Navy hospital ships are reportedly docked at a shipyard in Alabama.

The Independent has contacted the Navy, Pentagon, and White House for remark.

On Saturday, President Trump claimed a mission was heading for the self-governing Danish territory, posting a picture of the Navy’s USNS Mercy hospital ship.

“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,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “It’s on the way!!!”

The identical day because the president’s put up, the Danish army carried out an emergency medical evacuation of a crew member on a U.S. submarine close to Greenland, flying them by way of helicopter to a hospital within the island’s capital, Nuuk, for therapy.

Leaders in Greenland and Denmark dismissed the suggestion a hospital ship was wanted.

“That will be a ‘no thanks’ from us,’” Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen wrote on Facebook Sunday.

“President Trump’s idea to send a U.S. hospital ship here to Greenland has been duly noted,” he added. “But we have a public health system where care is free for citizens.”

“Happy to live in a country where there is free and equal access to health for all,” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen wrote in a separate assertion. “Where it’s not insurances and wealth that determine whether you get proper treatment. You have the same approach in Greenland.”

Landry, who additionally serves because the particular U.S. envoy to Greenland, reacted angrily to the condemnation from the officers.

“Shame on Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen!” he wrote on X on Sunday.

“After speaking to many Greenlanders about the day to day problems they face, one issue stood out—healthcare,” he added. “Many villages and small towns lack basic services that Americans often take for granted.”

The confusion over the hospital ship mission comes amid bigger tensions between the U.S. and its neighbor to the north, given President Trump’s repeated overtures suggesting he desires to take over or maybe invade Greenland regardless of opposition from native officers and European companions.

In January, Trump swore off utilizing army drive on Greenland and rowed again a risk to tariff U.S. allies who opposed the push.

He has stated the U.S. and NATO allies reached a “framework of a future deal” in regards to the Arctic island territory.