How sharper than a serpent’s tooth

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February 22, 2026

Huh. Denmark airlifted a US sailor from a US submarine because he needed medical care, and Trump responded with the usual.

This Trump post is frankly unreal in its cynicism and gaslighting:

He posted this because a US nuclear submarine – whose very presence near Greenland is already deeply provocative given the context – was just rescued by Danish military forces after one of its sailors fell ill.… pic.twitter.com/IyAqCWHI41
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) February 22, 2026

It is not on the way. Trump knows it’s not on the way.

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One response to “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth”

Acolyte of Sagan

Feb 22, 2026 6:54 AM

Wouldn’t that ‘great hospital boat’ (which is actually a ship – there’s a clue in ‘USNS’) be better deployed in the US, taking care of some of the millions of sick people who are not being taken care of there? Make America Healthy Again, and all that.

Also wondering why he used an AI image. The USNS Mercy is a real ship and there are plenty of photographs he could have used.

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