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Referring to his “special envoy” to the Arctic territory, #Trump said, “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, & not being taken care of there.”
FACTS: There have been NO reports of major illnesses in #Greenland lately & it was not clear which sickness Trump was referring to.
#MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #Denmark #Europe #NATO #law
#Trump said in a post Saturday that he would deploy a “hospital” ship to #Greenland, alleging many people there are sick & not receiving care, even though both of the #US Navy’s hospital ships are undergoing maintenance at a shipyard in Alabama.
The announcement prompted a defense of Greenland’s #healthcare system from its prime minister in the latest point of friction with Trump, who has frequently talked about seizing Greenland, which is a semiautonomous territory of #NATO ally #Denmark.
Referring to his “special envoy” to the Arctic territory, #Trump said, “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, & not being taken care of there.”
FACTS: There have been NO reports of major illnesses in #Greenland lately & it was not clear which sickness Trump was referring to.
#MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #Denmark #Europe #NATO #law
"FACTS: There have been NO reports of major illnesses in #Greenland lately & it was not clear which sickness Trump was referring to."
I knew I should have bookmarked it, but one credible plotline I read went something like:
1) a legitimate #DanishHealthCare representative
2) citing a shortage of #DentalCare
3) in three (3) #SmallVillages on #Greenland
4) all of which was reported on ... wait for it ... #Facebook
Make of that what you will, but it sounds like enough to set off #Trump
All of #Greenland, which has a population of around 57,000 people, is served by the Queen Ingrid Hospital in the capital Nuuk, acc/to the Danish Medical Journal. The territory also has several regional #health centers.
Most #healthcare services in Greenland are #free for citizens & permanent residents. This includes treatment by general practitioners, medical specialists & hospitals, health centers, prescription medicine, public dental care & home nursing care….
In response to Trump’s post, #Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen stressed the region’s #free #healthcare system & pointed out the differences in a gibe at the [crazy expensive] #US system.
“We have a public health care system where treatment is free for citizens. That is a deliberate choice—& a fundamental part of our society,” Nielsen said. “That is not how it works in the USA, where it costs money to see a doctor.”
#Trump #imperialism #geopolitics #Denmark #Europe #NATO #law #InternationalLaw
and the hospital in Nuuk is were a US submariner was medically evacuated to the day before the hospital ship announcement.
