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Miguelito Loveless

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8. Someone in need of urgent medical care

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 10:41 AM

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Would be medivaced by aircraft to the nearest medical facility capable of treatment, which would happen much quicker than waiting on a boat from Louisiana. Also, I am sure Greenland has trauma centers that can handle any typical injury, so either they want this sailor out of the territory to avoid any false pretext “rescue”, or the sailor had an injury not treatable in the average trauma center, say radiation burns.

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Danish military evacuates U.S. submariner who needed urgent medical care off Greenland [View all] BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

I am kind of worried about that submarine Easterncedar Yesterday #1

Submariner here. I'm not worried. Shipwack Yesterday #14

I'd like to know more about "many people who are sick". 70sEraVet Yesterday #2

I think Trump means that the US is coming to the rescue of all those sick Greenlanders. TheRickles Yesterday #4

Thanks, TheRickles. 70sEraVet Yesterday #5

"I think [REDACTED] means" is the operative statement isn't it? Do we really know what he meant? Ol Janx Spirit Yesterday #16

A "submariner" Miguelito Loveless Yesterday #9

I think two unrelated incidents are being conflated. Shipwack Yesterday #15

Well, I would assume Miguelito Loveless 22 hrs ago #17

The hospital ship would be more useful off the coast of South Carolina to take care of the measles outbreak 3Hotdogs Yesterday #11

It was very kind of Denmark to help the American submariner IronLionZion Yesterday #3

Especially considering that both the Comfort and the Mercy are niyad Yesterday #6

Dear god, he's exhausting PatSeg Yesterday #7

Someone in need of urgent medical care Miguelito Loveless Yesterday #8

Did Trump misread that Denmark "evacuated" the submariner to the U.S., hence the inane idea to send a medical ship? chowder66 Yesterday #10

I think he is still playing his role for his base. pandr32 Yesterday #12

Thank you Denmark! liberalla Yesterday #13