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Miguelito Loveless

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17. Well, I would assume

Reply to Shipwack (Reply #15)

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 01:17 PM

17 hrs ago

in a normal sane world that a “hospital ship” would not be dispatched for a single sick sailor, but we do not live in a sane world so such assumptions are perilous. Also, there is the whole “Trump claims he is sending a hospital ship for sick Greenlanders while the only two ships we have are in port out of service” thing. This could mean he is dragging a World War II battleship out of a museum and painting a red cross on it.

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Danish military evacuates U.S. submariner who needed urgent medical care off Greenland [View all] BumRushDaShow 22 hrs ago OP

I am kind of worried about that submarine Easterncedar 22 hrs ago #1

Submariner here. I'm not worried. Shipwack 19 hrs ago #14

I'd like to know more about "many people who are sick". 70sEraVet 21 hrs ago #2

I think Trump means that the US is coming to the rescue of all those sick Greenlanders. TheRickles 21 hrs ago #4

Thanks, TheRickles. 70sEraVet 21 hrs ago #5

"I think [REDACTED] means" is the operative statement isn't it? Do we really know what he meant? Ol Janx Spirit 19 hrs ago #16

A "submariner" Miguelito Loveless 20 hrs ago #9

I think two unrelated incidents are being conflated. Shipwack 19 hrs ago #15

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

The hospital ship would be more useful off the coast of South Carolina to take care of the measles outbreak 3Hotdogs 20 hrs ago #11

It was very kind of Denmark to help the American submariner IronLionZion 21 hrs ago #3

Especially considering that both the Comfort and the Mercy are niyad 20 hrs ago #6

Dear god, he's exhausting PatSeg 20 hrs ago #7

Someone in need of urgent medical care Miguelito Loveless 20 hrs ago #8

Did Trump misread that Denmark "evacuated" the submariner to the U.S., hence the inane idea to send a medical ship? chowder66 20 hrs ago #10

I think he is still playing his role for his base. pandr32 20 hrs ago #12

Thank you Denmark! liberalla 20 hrs ago #13