American tax payers will now pay for a hospital ship which will be sent to Greenland, Trump claims on Truth Social.

[aggeka@fosstodon.org]

@randahl all at the same time Artic Command helo evacuated an american sailor from a US submarine to emergency treatment in Nuuk

[vosje62@mastodon.nl]

@markus_falk @randahl with both ships seems to be in dry dock for maintenance, it backfires badly the moment they decide to interrupt that.

Update:
Trump Announces Greenland Hospital Ship Mission as Mercy and Comfort Sit in Alabama Shipyard
https://gcaptain.com/trump-announces-greenland-hospital-ship-mission-as-mercy-and-comfort-sit-in-alabama-shipyard/

[waldschnecke@chaos.social]

@randahl @rjohnston IMO a mix between being actually really stupid and sabre rattling. Nobody knows what's going on in the orange head.

I didn't really know much about this, for anyone else who wants to read up on this too:

Gulf of Tonkin incident
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident

USS Maine (1890)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Maine_(1890)

[0ptimist@troet.cafe]

@randahl

[chrisholladay@mastodon.social]

@randahl
I swear to god this must be the dumbest mf'er ever to sleep in the Oval Office

[daft_wully@mastodon.social]

@randahl A Troyan Ship!

[sjaakkeuvelaar@mastodon.nl]

@randahl
Let’s see if he still recognises the zebra…

[luuk_aalders@mastodon.nl]

@randahl

I think there's nothing left to scan any more

[notsoloud@expressional.social]

@randahl
Maybe they can pick up a stash of vaccines to bring home?

(It is actually yet another fascist demonstration that "our stupidity is stronger than your smarts")

[waldschnecke@chaos.social]

@randahl I just realized that it's entirely possible that oragnie confused countries again. Could be any, Cuba, Venezuela or any other he's trying to dictate over.

[notsoloud@expressional.social]

@markus_falk
Well yeah, but try to fund a well sized government only by printing money. Hello inflation.

If you want more expeditionary hospital ships, one way or another you'll have to tax more.

@randahl

[dalfen@mstdn.social]

@randahl That's absolutely insane.

And this country ABSOLUTELY provides no healthcare for most of its population. What is the admin trying to do — persuade Greenlanders that it does?

[tanyakaroli@expressional.social]

@benroyce I immediately thought of this as well! He must have heard of this incident and couldn’t bear that Greenland appears the hero.
@randahl

[connynasch@mastodon.social]

@randahl OMF missing🧠 ?

[apnoe_soeren@mastodon.social]

@randahl Or do you mean:
Maybe it is time for another brain scan for the US VOTERS
?

[michaelawifi@mastodon.social]

@randahl A Trojan Horse?

[eve@evecodes.com]

@randahl

The article claims that no one knows why Trump is sending it. We know why. I hope Greenlanders have learned from the mistakes of the past and not allow American colonizers off the boat. They aren’t coming for any good intention.

[markus_falk@rollenspiel.social]

@notsoloud @randahl that is part of the misconception. Inflation is not directly linked to creating money. It only rises if the spending power can not be met by what a market can provide.

So as long as there is enough supply in hospital ships, inflation remains low.

Also, raising taxes removes that money from the system and then it’s gone. You literally cannot spend tax dollars.

[elcelio@mastodon.uno]

@notsoloud @markus_falk @randahl

and this is what trump wants to do, once he ousts Powell from the Federal Reserve.

Inflation is a sort of tax (a regressive tax that hits mostly the poorer workers)

[notsoloud@expressional.social]

@randahl
If USA/Louisiana send a hospital ship to Greenland, the EU should send one to Louisiana in return.

If we're lucky, it starts a new race among all the major blocks about who could provide the best health care for each others citizens.

It is of course less efficient than land based hospitals, but still a huge step forward from a classical arms race.