@davejorgenson: Is the U.S. really sending a hospital ship to Greenland? President Trump’s announcement that a hospital ship is on its way to Greenland has perplexed people on the island, with many viewing it as another U.S. attempt to interfere in their territory.  The seed of the idea came from one of their own. Jørgen Boassen, a 52-year-old Greenlandic bricklayer who last year helped organize Donald Trump Jr.’s visit to the island, says he was the one who inspired Jeff Landry, governor of Louisiana and Trump’s appointed Greenland envoy, to propose the idea.  “I told him our healthcare system is deteriorating, and that people are sick. Some people are diagnosed too late,” Boassen said. He said he didn’t specifically ask for a U.S. hospital ship. “But any help is appreciated,” he said. Landry told the Journal that he then raised the issue with Trump during a dinner at the White House on Saturday. The president asked him whether Greenlanders really needed a ship, Landry said. “I said, they absolutely need it. He said, ‘Well, let’s get it,’” Landry recalled.  Trump’s social-media post late on Saturday that a hospital ship was “on the way” to Greenland led to head-scratching both in the self-governing Danish territory and in the U.S. military.  Caption from article by Sune Engel Rasmussen, Wall Street Journal. Created with support from Harry’s.

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