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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Isabel Keane and Katie Hawkinson

Greenland doesn’t need Trump’s hospital boat - we have free healthcare, says prime minister

President Donald Trump’s plan to send a U.S. hospital boat to Greenland has been politely declined by leaders in region - who noted that they have “free and equal access to health for all.”

With little explanation, Trump said he would send the vessel in a Truth Social post Saturday. “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, and not being taken care of there. It’s on the way!!!” the president wrote.

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