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

[firefly@m.ai6yr.org]

@deepmud @randahl spot on.

[heinlenstein@social.vivaldi.net]

@vosje62 It’s everyone’s problem if he sends a warship. @jasonb @markus_falk @randahl

[vosje62@mastodon.nl]

@heinlenstein @jasonb @markus_falk @randahl

Nothing moved so far.
We will see in 5 days, as that seems to be the time needed to get one of them operational.

[infosecstuc@infosec.exchange]

@randahl so the US has two hospital ships the USNS Mercy and the Comfort both with about 1000 Beds all told. This is 10 times the capacity of Greenland's own hospital facilities.

For a lot of maladies Greenland's people are sent to mainland Denmark far away from friends and relatives and referred to the Rigshospitalet.

So while, for US citizens picking up the bill, this might seem questionable, as a hearts and minds exercise it may not be that stupid.

I guess the real question is, what happens when the orange one gets bored or offended or starts a war with a country with some military capability. Will Denmark suddenly find itself having to ship 1K patients back to Europe?

[ilka4you@mastodon.social]

@randahl but since it is "free" it doesn't cost Felon 47 a penny, so why not help those, who absolutely don't need it?

[jaypeach53@calckeymusic.social]

@randahl@mastodon.social the American public, especially the troglodytes that voted for Mr Moron, is being taken for a ride. Where’s the money coming from? And how is the grifter making money off the scam?

[ilka4you@mastodon.social]

@randahl @mc this is terrific.

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[mc@toot.houbahouba.de]

@Ilka4You ??? @randahl

[ilka4you@mastodon.social]

@InfosecStuC this logic is puzzling. 1 USamerican got sick on a USamerican boat while being in the waters of Greenland. He needed evacuation to be treated. This seems to jolt the as you say "hearts & minds" action to send the health rescue, Greenland does not need. 1 Soldier = 1 totally superfluous "rescue health boat". This is not even "using a sledgehammer to crack a nut" because there is no nut - just the sledgehammer wildly thrown out the window. @randahl

[ilka4you@mastodon.social]

@benroyce I think the two stories are connected. Although I think only the DNK side is true. @randahl

[ilka4you@mastodon.social]

@mc pretty great stuff! I loved those as a kid as well.
Nice topic jump. @randahl

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[mc@toot.houbahouba.de]

@Ilka4You maybe wrong video-link? and totally unrelated @randahl

[kittyjynx@mastodon.social]

@randahl https://gcaptain.com/trump-announces-greenland-hospital-ship-mission-as-mercy-and-comfort-sit-in-alabama-shipyard/ Both of the Navy's hospital ships are in dry dock and will be for at least the next several months. He didn't even bother to check if our hospital ships were available to deploy before lying.

[gvs@rebelbase.site]

@randahl
Though you are absolutely right pointing out the absurdity. There is no such thing as free healthcare. Taxpayers fund it and mostly pay a lot more to cover non-taxpayers then they would just paying their own bills. I spend thousands of euros a year on this so called 'free' healthcare.

[sonjdol@ohai.social]

@randahl Maybe you should think about the strategy behind this. It's obvious there is more to this. Maybe he's preparing for US soldiers being wounded. Or somebody b ing hurt. Maybe the hospital is a rude and will be filled with soldiers. Think a few steps ahead

[infosecstuc@infosec.exchange]

@Ilka4You my point: it depends how long the hospital ship is stationed there, lets say 6 months, that might be 700 referrals that would otherwise go to Denmark that could be taken care of nearer home.

Of course the situation is a little more complicated than that, as to fly from one area to another in Greenland you may need to take flights via Denmark anyway - only a third of the population lives in Nuuk.

I agree, it's total Bullshit, the question for me is, does it bring Trump, arch Populist that he is, nearer to his goal of persuading Greenland's citizens that joining the US is a good idea?

Not to forget, that It also puts the DK or Greenlandic governments in the awkward position of refusing "help."

Currently the Mercy's is showing as in Mobile. The Comfort's transponder has been silent for 17 Days - so it may be underway with one of the task forces.

IDK It could all just be Trump living rent free in our heads again by flooding the zone. Probably this.

@randahl

[idahobucks@mastodon.social]

@randahl I just read the two hospital boats we have are in dry dock for repairs and that there was a US sub off the coast of Greenland that had a medical emergency for a sailor that the Danish navy rescued and took to a hospital. It seems Trump is confused by this.

[infosecstuc@infosec.exchange]

@Ilka4You and the Mercy is undergoing a refit, so it really is just flooding the zone.

Kindly forget I said anything

@randahl

[ilka4you@mastodon.social]

@mc for me it shows 10 seconds of the trailer of Happy Madison production saying "terrific" in exactly the tone that popped up in my head reading this farce. If it does something other for you i am sorry.
@randahl

[mc@toot.houbahouba.de]

@Ilka4You no prob. thx @randahl