Trump says sending hospital boat to Greenland

2026-02-22 - 03:23

US President Donald Trump has put the global spotlight on the Arctic, insisting mineral-rich Greenland is vital to US and Nato security against Russia and China. (EPA Images pic) WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said Saturday he was sending a hospital boat to Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory that he has long coveted and threatened to seize by force. Trump’s rhetoric has ratcheted up tensions between the US and Denmark, while putting the global spotlight on the Arctic as he insists mineral-rich Greenland is vital for US and Nato security against Russia and China. He said the boat would treat many “sick” people in Greenland, without providing any details on who he was referring to or the number of people the vessel would help. “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 in a social media post. “It’s on the way!!!”, he added.