Denmark appears to be politely declining President Donald Trump’s offer to send a hospital boat to aid Greenland with what he said were “the many people who are sick” on the island territory.
In a statement on Sunday in response, Denmark’s Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said the country has adequate health resources for its citizens, including those in Greenland.
“The Greenlandic population receives the healthcare it needs,” Lund Poulsen said during a Sunday television appearance. “They receive it either in Greenland, or, if they require specialised treatment, they receive it in Denmark. So it’s not as if there’s a need for a special healthcare initiative in Greenland.”