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BumRushDaShow

(167,944 posts) Mon Feb 23, 2026, 06:35 PM 21 hrs ago

Pentagon Says They Haven't Been Ordered to Send Medical Boat to Greenland - Despite Trump Claim a 'Great Hospital Boat'

Source: MEDIAite

Feb 23rd, 2026, 5:55 pm

President Donald Trump claimed a “great hospital boat” was on its way to Greenland to help sick people there who aren’t “being taken care of” — but the Pentagon reportedly says it has not received any such orders.

Trump announced Saturday on Truth Social that he was working with his envoy to Greenland, Gov. Jeff Landry (R-LA), 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!!!” The announcement included an AI-generated illustration of the USNS Mercy, according to The Washington Post.

Lara Seligman with The Wall Street Journal reported Monday, “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.”

In her WSJ report, Seligman explained, “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 currently in a shipyard in Mobile, Ala., according to maritime tracking information.”

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/pentagon-says-they-havent-been-ordered-to-send-medical-boat-to-greenland-despite-trump-claim-a-great-hospital-boat-is-on-its-way-wsj/

Full headline: Pentagon Says They Haven’t Been Ordered to Send Medical Boat to Greenland — Despite Trump Claim a ‘Great Hospital Boat’ is ‘On Its Way’: WSJ

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NEW: 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.
No U.S. Hospital Ship Has Been Ordered to Greenland, Despite Trump’s Post
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Exclusive | No U.S. Hospital Ship Has Been Ordered to Greenland, Despite Trump’s Post
The Pentagon has received no instructions to send a Navy vessel to the Danish territory, officials say.
4:30 PM · Feb 23, 2026

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Pentagon Says They Haven't Been Ordered to Send Medical Boat to Greenland - Despite Trump Claim a 'Great Hospital Boat' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 21 hrs ago OP

Would they have one even if they were ordered to? ananda 21 hrs ago #1

Personally, markodochartaigh 21 hrs ago #2

We're close to reaching the Berlin Bunker phase of this Presidency AZJonnie 21 hrs ago #3

The Greenland PM said they don't want it. NT Eric J in MN 21 hrs ago #4

That's because there are no "people who are sick, and not being taken care of there" Wiz Imp 18 hrs ago #6

Who is surprised by this? LetMyPeopleVote 20 hrs ago #5

He is insane. Marie Marie 17 hrs ago #7

He's quite delusional, you know. usonian 17 hrs ago #8

MaddowBlog-Trump reportedly isn't sending a hospital ship to Greenland after all LetMyPeopleVote 1 hr ago #9

More projection: "They aren't taking care of people there." Aristus 27 min ago #10

ananda

(34,689 posts)

1. Would they have one even if they were ordered to?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 06:37 PM

21 hrs ago

???

markodochartaigh

(5,326 posts)

2. Personally,

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 06:38 PM

21 hrs ago

I think that Trump had been watching reruns of The Loveboat and got confused.

AZJonnie

(3,409 posts)

3. We're close to reaching the Berlin Bunker phase of this Presidency

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 06:43 PM

21 hrs ago

Wherein the mad dictator is barking out orders, impotently redeploying his previously defeated, non-existent military forces from one front to another, his enemies gathering nearer his fart-and-flop-sweat-infused lair with each creeping day.

Eric J in MN

(35,632 posts)

4. The Greenland PM said they don't want it. NT

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 06:46 PM

21 hrs ago

Wiz Imp

(9,572 posts)

6. That's because there are no "people who are sick, and not being taken care of there"

Reply to Eric J in MN (Reply #4)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 09:38 PM

18 hrs ago

LetMyPeopleVote

(177,821 posts)

5. Who is surprised by this?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 07:24 PM

20 hrs ago

Marie Marie

(11,126 posts)

7. He is insane.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 11:03 PM

17 hrs ago

usonian

(24,411 posts)

8. He's quite delusional, you know.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 11:09 PM

17 hrs ago

Melania checked out of the White House, I hear .....

He's about ready to end it all.

PRESS THE BUTTON, DONALD!!!

LetMyPeopleVote

(177,821 posts)

9. MaddowBlog-Trump reportedly isn't sending a hospital ship to Greenland after all

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Feb 24, 2026, 03:05 PM

1 hr ago

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 isnâ€™t actually deploying the ship.

The larger arc: Thereâ€™s no meaningful connection between what he says heâ€™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.

Aristus

(71,957 posts)

10. More projection: "They aren't taking care of people there."

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Feb 24, 2026, 03:44 PM

27 min ago

Greenland, like Denmark, has national health insurance. People get the medical care they need.

The U.S. does not. But suggest that we get national health insurance so we can "take care of our people", the repukes will shit!

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