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‘No thanks’: Greenland PM Nielsen on Trump's offer to send US Navy hospital ship

He said that while, Trump's idea to send a US hospital ship has been ‘duly noted’, Greenland has a free public health system.

Published on: Feb 22, 2026, 22:39:48 IST
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Greenland's prime minister on Sunday flatly rejected a proposal by Donald Trump to send a US Navy hospital ship to the Arctic island coveted by the US leader.

Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen. (AFP)
Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen. (AFP)

"That will be 'no thanks' from us," Jens-Frederik Nielsen, who heads the government of the autonomous Danish territory, wrote on his Facebook page.

"President Trump's idea to send a US hospital ship here to Greenland has been duly noted. But we have a public health system where care is free for citizens," he said.

 
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