U.S. President Donald Trump says he is sending a U.S. Navy hospital ship to Greenland because people there are sick and lack care. On Sunday, Greenland and Denmark pushed back ...
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US President Donald Trump says a 'great hospital boat' is going to Greenland as he mocks its healthcare system.
Trump says he's sending a ship to care for Greenland's sick. But the territory doesn't want the help and the U.S. appears to have no hospital ships available to send.
Greenland's PM reminded Trump of its free healthcare, after Trump said he was sending a boat to aid people who were allegedly "not being taken care of".
'President Trump's idea to send a U.S. hospital ship here to Greenland has been duly noted. But we have a public health system where care is free for citizens'
As Donald Trump threatens Greenland with a takeover, Al Jazeera speaks to people there about their concerns.
President Trump said he plans to send a U.S. hospital ship to Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory that he wants to acquire, so its medical staff can treat locals who he says are being ignored.
President Trump orders U.S. hospital ship to Greenland for humanitarian aid amid unclear healthcare needs.
Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen, speaking to public broadcaster DR, said Danish authorities had not been informed that the ship was on its way.
Denmark's military said its arctic command forces evacuated a crew member of a U.S. submarine off the coast of Greenland for urgent medical treatment.