It seems nobody on Team Trump Toady is willing to offer up any kind of comment to the press about this latest insane Trump tweet. They appear to be just hoping it will go away.
Best guess is that Trump was briefed on a situation whereby Denmark’s Joint Arctic Command evacuated a crew member from a U.S. submarine in Greenlandic waters.
Trump’s addled brain did not understand what he was being told, leading to this dementia fueled moment.
And this is the person who is likely to go to war against Iran for… reasons… God help us all.
Well, Jeff Landry replied on Twitter, “Thank you, President @realDonaldTrump! Proud to work with you on this important issue!” So not totally ignored by his administration.
From what I read, they are both in maintenance, with one in dry dock. And The Comfort will supposedly be usable at the end of April. So, even though Trump did write that the ship was “on the way!!!”, I don’t think delaying until after refit should, just by itself, be a big issue.
Realistically, if Trump persists with this idea, I do not see the Danes or Greenlanders shooting up a hospital ship. I actually think it could be in their interest to have it there.
Here’s why. Because, googling tells me, Greenland health care has virtually zero copays, only a tiny number of Greenlanders will send their ailing family members to the ship. But you know who would go there? Greenland’s potential quislings. This could surface who they are.
Or would Trump order a regiment of Marines to hide in the hospital ship and pop out when it docks in Greenland? Is he that cartoonishly evil?
Re last post, and thinking about this more seriously, I would not be astonished to read, in Bob Woodward’s next book, that Trump had ordered packing the hospital ship with Marines. But even with Hegseth in the room, I think the military would stand up to Trump. Maybe an admiral would suggest the impossibility of keeping it is secret.
And this is just the sort of situation where the Slotkin/Kelly/Deulzio/Goodlander/Houlihan/Crow YouTube, on standing up to an illegal order, would prove its worth.
In response to Trump’s offer of a hospital ship, the prime minister of Greenland said on Facebook, “That will be ‘no thanks’ from us. President Trump’s idea has been duly noted. But we have a public health system where care is free for citizens.” Meanwhile the Danish prime minister said she is “happy to live in a country where there is free and equal access to health for all. Where it is not insurance and wealth that determines whether you receive proper treatment. The same approach is in Greenland.”
Well, maybe. There’s “ordered” and “ordered something meaningful and actionable”. Since Trump is impulsive, dictatorial and mercurial and those drydocked ships physically can’t actually go anywhere for months, I think it’s plausible Trump gave some vague order about sending hospital ships, his minions said “yessir”, and are banking on Trump not even remembering the matter when the ships are actually back in the water. Probably with a good chance of being right.
I don’t see a real argument in there to counter, but I post because of the mentions of Iran and fact that MAGAville hasn’t forgotten about Greenland. Greenland does get more mentions among Trumpers than the Canal.
I remain uncertain whether Trump will order the conquest of Greenland, but I’m sure he hasn’t forgotten it.
Not only that, but Trump himself may believe in avoiding simultaneously fighting on two fronts. He fights a quick war and declares victory – say, in Venezuela – before going on to the next – Iran.
Trump might figure the best season for marching through the towns of Greenland to be late summer. Maybe summer 2026, but 2027 or 2028 are equally likely. Even if 2026, he’ll be done with Iran by then.
Sounds like something Trump already told Hegseth and Caine.
If there was some way to convince Trump Greenland was part of Asia, the Greenlanders would be home free. Convincing Trump they fight like Asians might also work. Greenlanders – you need conscription!!! Not because of combat power, but to send DJT the we-never-surrender message that could scare him away.
Not that it will get far into the thick skull of the President of the USA that the Inuit, the majority of the very small population, are traditionally extremely good hunters, and survival experts in an insanely tough climate… would be unlikely to give up their land easily.
Denmark might also have an opinion, but I don’t think Trump is ready for a very cold, frozen guerrilla war.
Later edit: he does appear to have appetite for the opposite extreme, hot, humid and equally mad, just in the Middle East. The last US excursion there, did not end well.
