Trump says U.S. sending hospital ship to Greenland for people 'not being taken care ‌of there'

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he was working with Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry to send a hospital boat to Greenland, a Danish territory that Trump has ‌said he wants to acquire.

Trump says sending 'great hospital boat' to Greenland

The US president said a vessel was "on the way" to Greenland, with the move coming amid a rift between the US and Europe over control of the strategically important island.

Trump sends ‘great’ hospital boat to treat ‘sick’ people in Greenland

US President Donald Trump said on 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 United States 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...

By Agence France-Presse

'It's on the way': Donald Trump is sending 'great hospital boat' to Greenland

President Trump announced plans to send a hospital boat to Greenland to aid those reportedly not receiving adequate care. This initiative follows Trump's repeated assertions of Greenland's strategic importance and his past proposals to purchase the Arctic island, which Denmark and Greenland officials have consistently rejected.

By TOI WORLD DESK