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TexasTowelie

(126,625 posts)
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 12:11 AM Monday

Let's talk about Denmark saving a US sailor and Trump losing it.... - Belle of the Ranch



Well, howdy there Internet people. It's Belle again. So, today we're going to talk about Denmark saving a US sailor and Trump losing it.

Trump made a social media post that puzzled the world and we finally have a chain of events that might help explain the comments that were mocked globally. He posted, "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. President DJT.”

Greenland is currently facing no epidemic, no hospital failures, and no mass incidents. That led to the world wondering why Trump would claim to be sending a hospital boat to Greenland, especially when both the Comfort and the Mercy, which are the names of our hospital ships, are undergoing maintenance and are definitely not on the way. All of this information left people wondering if Trump's moments were growing more severe.

While most of the world mocked Trump and the US over the incident, Greenland's prime minister tried to keep it mostly civil. "It will be a no thanks from here. President Trump's idea of sending an American hospital ship here to Greenland has been noted, but we have a public health care system where treatment is free for citizens. It is a deliberate choice and a fundamental part of our society. It is not like that in the United States where it costs money to go to the doctor. We are always open to dialogue and cooperation, also with the US. But talk to us instead of just making more or less random outbursts on social media.”

Denmark's prime minister randomly said, "I am happy to live in a country where there is free and equal access to health for all, where it is not insurances and wealth that determine whether you get proper treatment. You have the same approach in Greenland. Happy Sunday to you all.”

Jokes and political posturing aside, there may be a very simple explanation for Trump's embarrassing social media post, his own embarrassment.

The Danish Joint Arctic Command rescued a crew member of a US submarine who is undergoing a medical emergency. Keep in mind, Trump has been saying the Danish military component in Greenland was inadequate and needed American help. The US crew member was reportedly rescued by a Danish Seahawk helicopter. The crew member was then transferred to a hospital in Greenland and treated by the evil socialized healthcare that is demonized in the United States.

My guess is that he acted rashly after finding out US Arctic capability wasn't quite as great as he assumed and that he had to rely on the very forces he mocked. And that was just too much during a week in which he also found out his tariffs were unconstitutional, inflation is going up, the GDP is going down, and manufacturing isn't coming back to the US due to his tariffs.

Maybe Trump should talk to his VP? I mean, have you said thank you even once? It looks like they saved the life of an American service member.

Anyway, it's just a thought. Y'all have a good day.
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Let's talk about Denmark saving a US sailor and Trump losing it.... - Belle of the Ranch (Original Post) TexasTowelie Monday OP
She's Good.. Belle of the Ranch!.. Cha Monday #1
Thanks. I also appreciate the transcript. Easterncedar Monday #2
MaddowBlog-Trump reportedly isn't sending a hospital ship to Greenland after all LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #3
MaddowBlog-Trump reportedly isn't sending a hospital ship to Greenland after all LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #4

Cha

(318,060 posts)
1. She's Good.. Belle of the Ranch!..
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 03:05 AM
Monday

Traitor is a big Bloated Fool... So Jealous of Greenland now and Denmark.

I love the two PMs' Responses... So very Polite.. and Brilliant!

".. We are always open to dialogue and cooperation, also with the US. But talk to us instead of just making more or less random outbursts on social media.


Mahalos for Posting the Transcript, TexasT~

LetMyPeopleVote

(177,880 posts)
3. MaddowBlog-Trump reportedly isn't sending a hospital ship to Greenland after all
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 03:08 PM
Yesterday

Too often, there is no meaningful connection between what the president says he’s going to do and what he actually does.

Remember a few days ago, when Trump announced he was deploying a hospital ship to Greenland? And he added a bunch of exclamation points?

He isn’t actually deploying the ship.

The larger arc: There’s no meaningful connection between what he says he’s going to do and what he actually does.

Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-02-24T18:04:47.464Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-reportedly-isnt-sending-a-hospital-ship-to-greenland-after-all

Soon after, instead of expressing gratitude, Donald Trump published a bizarre statement to his social media platform. According to the American president, he and his administration were deploying “a great hospital boat to Greenland to take care of the many people who are sick, and not being taken care of there.” The Republican concluded, “It’s on the way!!!”.....

Soon after, an apparent explanation for the confusion came into focus. The Wall Street Journal reported:

The Pentagon has received no orders to deploy any U.S. Navy vessels to Greenland, according to U.S. officials, despite President Trump’s claim that a hospital ship is ‘on its way’ to the self-governing Danish territory.

The U.S. has two hospital ships, the East Coast-based USNS Comfort and the West Coast-based USNS Mercy, which are designed as floating medical-treatment facilities. Both vessels are in a shipyard in Mobile, Ala., according to maritime tracking information. The Comfort is undergoing repairs that are expected to be completed in April, while the Mercy is in the middle of a one-year maintenance period that began last July
.


......The incumbent president has earned his reputation as an unusually prolific liar, but this is a specific kind of mendacity. Trump isn’t merely peddling nonsense about his perceived enemies or his record; this is a kind of dishonesty rooted in a disconnect from future events: The American president keeps telling the nation and the world about steps he’s going to take, only to decide later not to bother with them, without offering any kind of explanation for the shift.

After his major defeat at the U.S. Supreme Court, for example, Trump said he’d impose global tariffs at a 15% rate. That wasn’t quite right, and when the policy was announced soon after, the actual rate was 10%.

The Republican said he was going to cap credit card interest rates, and then he didn’t. He said he was going to impose steep economic penalties on any country that does business with Iran, and then he didn’t. He even said he was going to decertify aircrafts made in Canada, and then he didn’t.

For Americans who want to know what’s likely to happen with their own government, it’s generally a good idea to pay more attention to what Trump and his team do than to what they say, because what he says has little bearing on reality.

LetMyPeopleVote

(177,880 posts)
4. MaddowBlog-Trump reportedly isn't sending a hospital ship to Greenland after all
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 03:08 PM
Yesterday

Too often, there is no meaningful connection between what the president says he’s going to do and what he actually does.

Remember a few days ago, when Trump announced he was deploying a hospital ship to Greenland? And he added a bunch of exclamation points?

He isn’t actually deploying the ship.

The larger arc: There’s no meaningful connection between what he says he’s going to do and what he actually does.

Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-02-24T18:04:47.464Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-reportedly-isnt-sending-a-hospital-ship-to-greenland-after-all

Soon after, instead of expressing gratitude, Donald Trump published a bizarre statement to his social media platform. According to the American president, he and his administration were deploying “a great hospital boat to Greenland to take care of the many people who are sick, and not being taken care of there.” The Republican concluded, “It’s on the way!!!”.....

Soon after, an apparent explanation for the confusion came into focus. The Wall Street Journal reported:

The Pentagon has received no orders to deploy any U.S. Navy vessels to Greenland, according to U.S. officials, despite President Trump’s claim that a hospital ship is ‘on its way’ to the self-governing Danish territory.

The U.S. has two hospital ships, the East Coast-based USNS Comfort and the West Coast-based USNS Mercy, which are designed as floating medical-treatment facilities. Both vessels are in a shipyard in Mobile, Ala., according to maritime tracking information. The Comfort is undergoing repairs that are expected to be completed in April, while the Mercy is in the middle of a one-year maintenance period that began last July
.


......The incumbent president has earned his reputation as an unusually prolific liar, but this is a specific kind of mendacity. Trump isn’t merely peddling nonsense about his perceived enemies or his record; this is a kind of dishonesty rooted in a disconnect from future events: The American president keeps telling the nation and the world about steps he’s going to take, only to decide later not to bother with them, without offering any kind of explanation for the shift.

After his major defeat at the U.S. Supreme Court, for example, Trump said he’d impose global tariffs at a 15% rate. That wasn’t quite right, and when the policy was announced soon after, the actual rate was 10%.

The Republican said he was going to cap credit card interest rates, and then he didn’t. He said he was going to impose steep economic penalties on any country that does business with Iran, and then he didn’t. He even said he was going to decertify aircrafts made in Canada, and then he didn’t.

For Americans who want to know what’s likely to happen with their own government, it’s generally a good idea to pay more attention to what Trump and his team do than to what they say, because what he says has little bearing on reality.
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