"President Trump's idea of sending an American hospital ship here to Greenland has been noted. But we have a public healthcare system where treatment is free for citizens. That is a deliberate choice - and a fundamental part of our society. That is not how it works in the USA."
"Please talk to us instead of just making more or less random statements on social media,"
"Dialogue and cooperation require respect for the fact that decisions about our country are made here at home."
"The evacuation took place within Greenlandic territorial waters, 7 nautical miles off Nuuk. It was carried out by the Danish Defence Seahawk helicopter."
President Donald Trump posted that he would send a "great hospital boat" to Greenland to care for sick residents. Greenland's prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, rejected the offer, noting that Greenland provides free public healthcare and that decisions about the country are made in Greenland. Maritime tracking shows no U.S. hospital ships currently positioned to sail to Greenland. Denmark's Arctic Command evacuated an ill U.S. submarine crew member to the hospital in Nuuk and transferred the patient to Greenlandic health authorities. Greenland urged consultation rather than unilateral social media statements.
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