Jeff Landry, Trump’s special envoy to Greenland, told the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal that conversations with two Greenlanders visiting the United States prompted him to discuss Greenland’s healthcare system with Donald Trump.
— Orla Joelsen (@OJoelsen) February 25, 2026
In doing so, Landry confirms the…
Jeff Landry, Trump’s special envoy to Greenland, told the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal that conversations with two Greenlanders visiting the United States prompted him to discuss Greenland’s healthcare system with Donald Trump."They" being the two Greenland residents Landry invited to Louisiana. I still remember a non-Texan working for the Austin paper in the early ‘80’s who trashed Tex-Mex in his restaurant reviews. His opinion was not that of the residents of Austin.
In doing so, Landry confirms the account previously given by Greenlander Jørgen Boassen.
Landry met with Greenlandic Trump supporter and bricklayer Jørgen Boassen and satirist Sikkerneq Olsen in Louisiana. They had been invited to the United States in connection with the Mardi Gras festival in the state, where Landry also serves as governor.
During the meeting, Boassen raised concerns about healthcare conditions in Greenland, which he considers inadequate — a point Landry now also confirms to The Wall Street Journal.
“They think the universal healthcare system over there is terrible,” he told the newspaper.
Landry also said that he discussed the issue with Donald Trump during a dinner at the White House on Saturday. The following day, Trump announced plans regarding a hospital ship in a social media post.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Landry emphasized that the ship will be dispatched.
— DR
New details shed light on how the U.S. president may have come up with the idea of sending a hospital ship to Greenland.
— Orla Joelsen (@OJoelsen) February 25, 2026
Prior to the announcement, Trump’s special envoy to Greenland, Jeff Landry, had received visits from two Greenlanders. In an interview with The Wall Street…
New details shed light on how the U.S. president may have come up with the idea of sending a hospital ship to Greenland.Nuuk is the Capitol of Greenland, and site of the U.S. consulate there.
Prior to the announcement, Trump’s special envoy to Greenland, Jeff Landry, had received visits from two Greenlanders. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Landry says it was conversations with them that prompted him to discuss Greenland’s healthcare system with Donald Trump.
According to the special envoy, it is “the rule rather than the exception” that the United States’ two hospital ships are deployed on humanitarian missions.
“The exception is to say no to assistance from the ships, as Greenland and Denmark have done,” he says.
According to Landry, a ship will be dispatched.
Whether Denmark and Greenland want it or not.
Jeff Landry confirms that he discussed the issue of Greenland with Jørgen Boassen during the Mardi Gras festival, to which his office had invited the two Greenlandic guests.
“The thing that stood out was the healthcare system,” Landry tells The Wall Street Journal.
Confronted with the fact that the majority of Greenlanders in a recent opinion poll expressed a negative or strongly negative view of the American welfare system, the special envoy responds that he disagrees.
“That’s not what I’m hearing from Greenlanders. They think the universal healthcare system over there is terrible,” he says.
Landry further explains that he discussed the matter with Donald Trump during a dinner at the White House on Saturday.
The president asked him whether Greenlanders really needed a ship, the special envoy says:
“I said they absolutely need it. He said, ‘Well then let’s get it.’”
Later that same day — early Sunday Danish time — Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that he, together with “the fantastic governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry,” would send a hospital ship.
A hospital ship will be sent and will reach Greenland, even if it takes until summer before one of the vessels completes its maintenance work, Landry tells The Wall Street Journal.
He also says that he does not intend to consult Nuuk or Copenhagen.
“I will just coordinate with the military,” he says.
— Berlingske
I doubt Trump will remember this by summer; and I’m fairly sure the Greenland Prime Minister won’t allow the boat to dock.
Governor Landry – State of Louisiana,
— Orla Joelsen (@OJoelsen) February 24, 2026
President Trump says he has spoken with you, about Greenland.
I have spoken with your statistics.
Louisiana ranks 41 out of 51 in the 2025 State Health System Performance Scorecard published by the The Commonwealth Fund.
At the same… pic.twitter.com/E19UMCF1mc
Governor Landry – State of Louisiana,
President Trump says he has spoken with you, about Greenland.
I have spoken with your statistics.
Louisiana ranks 41 out of 51 in the 2025 State Health System Performance Scorecard published by the The Commonwealth Fund.
At the same time, the data from your own state shows serious affordability challenges:
Access to a doctor 14.7% of adults in Louisiana could not see a doctor in the past year because of cost Source: Louisiana Department of Health
Avoided care due to cost 11.5% of adults avoided medical care because they could not afford it Source: America’s Health Rankings
Prescription medication affordability: 36% report skipping doses, splitting pills, or not filling prescriptions due to cost Source: Healthcare Value Hub, Louisiana CHESS Survey
Nationally, 8.2% of adults do not take prescribed medication as directed because of cost Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Uninsured 11% of adults in Louisiana are uninsured Source: The Commonwealth Fund
President Trump is going to send a great hospital ship to Louisiana to help care for the many people who are sick and not receiving adequate medical treatment there.
It’s on the way!!!
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