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Greenland says ‘no thank you’ after Trump says he is sending it a ‘great hospital boat’

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President Donald Trump seems to be trying a new approach in his quest to take over Greenland: The president said Saturday the US would send a hospital ship to the territory.

“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,” the president wrote on Truth Social. “It’s on the way!!!”

Greenland, however, isn’t interested.

Greenland’s prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, said in a subsequent Facebook post that “it’s going to be a no thank you from here.” Greenland provides free universal healthcare for all permanent residents and citizens.

“We have a public health system where treatment is free for citizens. It’s a deliberate choice. And a basic part of our society. It’s not like that in the United States, where it costs money to go to the doctor,” he wrote. “We are always open to dialogue and collaboration. Also with the U.S. But talk to us now instead of just coming up with more or less random outbursts on social media.”

Trump has had his sights set on the Arctic island, a semi-autonomous Danish territory, since his first term in office. Trump has suggested the US could buy Greenland or even take it by force.

The president says Greenland’s location makes it strategically important as the melting of Arctic ice opens up new shipping routes and intensifies competition with Russia and China.

The island is also rich in critical minerals and already hosts a key US military base, which American officials say is vital to missile defense and Arctic security.

Major European leaders, including those from France, Germany, the UK, Italy, Spain, Poland, and Denmark, released a joint statement last month defending Greenland.

“Greenland belongs to its people,” the statement said. “It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland.”




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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Trump’s Greenland push is about avoiding a ‘hot war’

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says President Donald Trump is serious about annexing Greenland.

Trump amped up the rhetoric on Saturday, announcing on Truth Social that the United States would impose new tariffs on Denmark, which controls Greenland, and other European countries unless they hand Greenland over.

Speaking to Kristen Welker on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on Sunday, Bessent said Trump’s push to take over Greenland was not an empty land grab but a strategy to prevent future conflict.

“The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency,” Bessent said. “It is a strategic decision by the president. This is a geopolitical decision, and he’s able to use the economic might of the US to avoid a hot war, so why wouldn’t we do that?”

Greenland is strategically located in the Arctic, acting as a buffer between North America and Russia. It is also home to minerals important to the manufacturing of future technologies.

Trump has recently said that at least part of his reasoning for wanting to annex Greenland is so it can house his Golden Dome missile defense project.

“The president is trying to avoid a conflict,” Bessent said.

That project remains in early planning stages, however, and Denmark has never said it wouldn’t allow Golden Dome infrastructure on its territory. The United States already has a military base in Greenland.

The spectre that the United States — recently emboldened by its surprise raid on Venezuela that netted its leader, Nicolás Maduro, allowing it to move to open the country’s oil industry — could force Europe’s hand by targeting its economy or even take Greenland by force, has rankled US allies across the Atlantic.

European Union leaders held an emergency meeting on Sunday, during which they called Trump’s tariff threat economic blackmail.

“Tariff threats undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral,” the eight EU nations targeted by Trump said in a joint statement released on Sunday.




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Trump says the US will impose up to 25% tariffs on Denmark and other European countries until they hand over Greenland

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  • Trump says the US will impose new tariffs on European countries until Denmark hands over Greenland.
  • The president said the tariffs would start at 10% and increase to 25%.
  • Trump has repeatedly used tariffs as leverage on what he calls national security issues.

President Donald Trump has turned to his favorite form of leverage in his fight to annex Greenland.

Trump said on Saturday he would impose a 10% tariff on Denmark, which controls Greenland, as well as Sweden, Norway, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland, unless they agree to a deal to hand over Greenland to the United States.

The president said he would raise those tariffs to 25% in June if they did not comply. All of those countries have already been paying a 10% tariff rate since Trump’s Liberation Day levies went into effect in August 2025.

“This tariff will be due and payable until such time a deal is reached for the complete and total purchase,” he said in a Truth Social post. Trump’s threat comes as world leaders and CEOs gather in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum. The president is expected to address the conference on Wednesday.

Trump has had Greenland on his mind since his first term, but has ramped up the rhetoric since the US raid in Venezuela that netted Nicolás Maduro.

The president says US control of Greenland is a national security issue.




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