Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen issued a rebuttal to President Trump via Facebook. (Alessandro Rampazzo/AFP via Getty Images)
Nielsen said Greenland is "always" open to dialogue with the U.S. but urged Trump to engage directly.
"Talk to us instead of just making more or less random outbursts on social media," he wrote. "Dialogue and cooperation require respect for decisions about our country being made here at home."
On Saturday, Trump announced on Truth Social that his administration was working with Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry to send a hospital ship to Greenland to care for people who are sick and "not being taken care of there."
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Trump’s offer came after Denmark’s Joint Arctic Command evacuated a crew member from an American submarine near the Greenlandic capital. (Joe Raedle/Getty)
Trump’s offer came after Denmark’s Joint Arctic Command evacuated a crew member from a U.S. submarine seven nautical miles outside Greenland’s capital, Nuuk.
The crew member was transferred by a Danish Defense Seahawk helicopter to a hospital in Nuuk and handed over to Greenlandic health authorities, the Joint Arctic Command said.
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The U.S. Navy operates two hospital ships – the USNS Mercy and the USNS Comfort – both of which were last docked in Alabama for repairs, according to Reuters.
Fox News Digital’s Eric Mack contributed to this report.
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