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U.S. President Donald Trump connected Saturday (February 21, 2026) said helium was moving with Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry to nonstop a infirmary vessel to Greenland, a Danish territory that Mr. Trump has said helium wants to acquire.
Mr. Trump announced the program connected societal media moments earlier hosting a meal for Republican governors astatine the White House, wherever he sat adjacent to and chatted with Jeff Landry.
“Working with the fantastic Governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry, we are going to send a large infirmary vessel to Greenland to take attraction of the galore radical who are sick, and not being taken attraction of there. It’s connected the way!!!” Mr. Trump said.
Neither the White House nor Landry’s bureau responded to queries astir the post, whether the vessel had been requested by Denmark oregon Greenland and which sick radical needed help. The Department of War had nary contiguous comment. Danish King Frederik paid a 2nd sojourn to Greenland successful a twelvemonth past week, an effort to show unity with the territory successful the face of Trump’s propulsion to bargain the island. Greenland, Denmark and the U.S. precocious past period held talks to resoluteness the concern pursuing months of tensions wrong the NATO defence alliance.
Donald Trump’s station came hours aft Denmark’s Joint Arctic Command said it had evacuated a unit subordinate who required urgent aesculapian attraction from a U.S. submarine successful Greenland’s waters, 7 nautical miles extracurricular of Greenland’s capital, Nuuk.
It was unclear what transportation Landry had with the substance oregon if the station had immoderate transportation to the evacuation. The U.S. Navy has 2 infirmary ships, the Mercy and the Comfort, but neither are stationed successful Louisiana.
