Arctic Security and Military Operations

After former President Trump posted that a U.S. hospital ship was "on the way" to Greenland to "take care" of the sick, Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens‑Frederik Nielsen replied, "It’s a no thank you from here," defending Greenland’s free public health‑care system and urging direct dialogue. Trump’s special envoy, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, publicly rebuked Nielsen—arguing many villages lack permanent doctors and framing health care as a U.S. national‑security concern—while Danish officials said no hospital ship had been notified as en route, noting Denmark recently evacuated a sick U.S. submariner to Nuuk and both USNS Mercy and USNS Comfort are docked in Alabama.