Trump sending US military hospital ship to Greenland to 'take care' of sick

President Donald Trump's says he will send a hospital ship to Greenland as Denmark demonstrates unity with Arctic territory amid tensions.

President Donald Trump has long warned the U.S. is the only nation that is able to control and secure Greenland from potential Russian and Chinese strategic military designs in the Arctic region. ((Mads Claus Rasmussen / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP via Getty Images))

Landry, who was in Washington, D.C., for the national governors meeting late last week, thanked Trump for his support for Greenland.

"Proud to work with you on this important issue!" Landry replied on X to Trump's Truth Social post.

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen did not reject President Donald Trump sending a U.S. military medical ship to Greenland, but she did extoll socialist ideology on healthcare for all in a shot at the U.S., Republicans, and Trump. ((Kristian Tuxen Ladegaard Berg/NurPhoto via Getty Images))

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen did not directly address the Trump post on his own Facebook account hours later, but she did extoll socialist ideology on healthcare "for all."

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"Am happy to live in a country where there is free and equal access to health for all," Frederiksen wrote in a translated post, sharing a Democrat attack point on Trump's Republican Party's struggles to reform what Trump has rebuked as a "failure" of Obamacare. "Where it’s not insurances and wealth that determine whether you get proper treatment. You have the same approach in Greenland."

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The U.S. Navy has two hospital ships, the Mercy and the Comfort. Both were last docked in Alabama for repairs, according to Reuters.

Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Eric Mack is a writer for Fox News Digital covering breaking news.

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