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

[beandev@social.tchncs.de]

@randahl
Fun fact: both hospital ships are currently under maintenance. It is not possible to send these to Greenland.
@isotopp

[kaithefox4@mastodon.uno]

@randahl what a sad day for being american... "fortunately" i'm italian

[elyastorah@ruhr.social]

@randahl My first (and only) thought was:
Trojan Horse.

[randahl@mastodon.social]

@Stephenleader nope.

[hermannus@stegodon.nl]

@Eetschrijver @randahl why doesn't anybody in the US get mad about this? You should have Dems in every news-channel/paper...
#ohwait ...

[jumpmed@mastodon.social]

@bougiewonderland @deadDuck @AnnieBuddy @randahl Cocaine on all the toilet seats!

[vampirdaddy@chaos.social]

@randahl
I am not aware of a hospital icebreaker existing anywhere in the world.

Besides that the US has only veryvery few arctic-capable ships anyway, none of them even remotely resembling a hospital ship. It has a reason why Greenland's/Denmark's marine mostly consists of coast patrol sized boats: ever tried evading the many icebergs around Greenland with a bigger ship?

(Edit : sentence had double parts had have)

[ikuturso@mastodon.social]

@randahl I wonder what the people of Greenland think when they see this...

[hettwolf@hessen.social]

@beandev @randahl @isotopp The ships' names are Mercy and Comfort. They're being overhauled in docks in Mobile, Alabama, a state where health officials prepare for a possible measles outbreak. Satire is dead.

[luc0x61@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@randahl Maybe he meant "love boat", after he's seen the series during the night on TV. If you think I'm silly, compare the silliness with the original message - I can't win, I know it

[vonskinnback@mastodon.social]

@markus_falk @notsoloud @randahl thanks for this, I will give it a watch...

[magmora@lgbtqia.space]

@randahl
Yes, a 'hospital ship', which in no way will look like a destroyer or any other military vessel with escorts- sure Donny, whatever you say

[melissadancey@mastodon.au]

@Elyastorah @randahl
He up to something.... Definitely situation: Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

[grobi@defcon.social]

@randahl

.. brain scan???
lol
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[mrbranch40@mastodon.world]

@Elyastorah @randahl

Yep. Me too. First thought, and it is still sticking.

[hvanleeuwen@mastodon.social]

@randahl it’s probably trump’s attempt at a trojan horse, it can’t be just plain stupidity, right

[cazzphoenix@social.vivaldi.net]

@Vonskinnback @Stephenleader @randahl Can't let freedom get to pandemic levels. Gotta crush it as soon as possible.

[grobi@defcon.social]

@randahl

"Even if many an illusion flees, That once your heart rejoices, the wine already gives you comfort through oblivion! Happy is he who forgets, which cannot be changed."

ARD Klassik: Strauss (Sohn) · Glücklich ist, wer vergisst! · Polka-Mazurka nach Motiven der Operette 'Die Fledermaus' · WDR Funkhausorchester · Alfred Eschwé · WDR - hier anschauen

Das WDR Funkhausorchester unter Leitung von Alfred Eschwé spielt 'Glücklich ist, wer vergisst!', eine Polka-Mazurka nach Motiven der Operette 'Die Fledermaus' von Johann Strauss (Sohn). Die Aufnahme von 2024 ist eine Produktion des WDR.

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"Happy is he who forgets what can no longer be changed" comes from the operetta "Die Fledermaus" by Johann Strauss, whose libretto was written by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée.

.. However, centuries earlier, Emperor Frederick III had already adopted the Latin version Rerum irrecuperabilium felix oblivio as his motto.

.. and in this particular case, DT has certainly and fortunately already forgotten that the world will remember all these "little" scenes ..

#music

[hvanleeuwen@mastodon.social]

@nygl @randahl greenland has six hospitals, bed capacity per person comparable with the usa, and free healthcare. why would they

[claushc@mastodon.social]

@randahl Considering the State of American health care in general, and the stupidity of the health care practice promoted by Kennedy in detail, would it then be possible to prosecute the ship and its doctors as quacks or snake oil salesmen after the local laws in Greenland and/or Denmark?