"Greenland fended off an attempt by the Trump administration to override its sovereignty this week, declining the U.S. president's offer to send a hospital ship its way. President Trump's suggested Greenlanders are all sick and need more help than their existing health care system could provide. Trump has maintained a long-known eagerness to seize the Arctic island, claiming annexing it is crucial to U.S. security. The spark appeared to be the evacuation Saturday of a crew member from a U.S. submarine docked off Greenland."
"The crew member was evacuated 8 miles off Greenland's capital of Nuuk and brought to a hospital in the city by a Danish Seahawk helicopter that had been stationed on an inspection ship in the vicinity, the Danish Joint Arctic Command said in a social media statement. The rescue prompted Trump, who has waffled between cajoling and threatening his way into the Arctic island's mineral reserves, to try a new tack."
President Trump offered to send the USNS Mercy to Greenland after a U.S. submarine crew member was evacuated near Nuuk. The crew member was airlifted eight miles off Nuuk by a Danish Seahawk helicopter and taken to a Nuuk hospital. Trump framed the mission as humanitarian while previously seeking to buy or seize Greenland for security and mineral access. The White House shared a rendering of the ship and Trump cited collaboration with his appointed envoy, Jeff Landry. Greenlandic and Danish leaders rejected the offer, defended Greenland's healthcare, and said no official request had been received.
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