February 23, 2026

What Happened Today – February 22, 2026

February 23, 2026 by George Bounacos

USNS Mercy hospital ship docked in port with red cross markings on hull

The USNS Mercy, one of two U.S. Navy hospital ships, both currently in drydock in Alabama and unavailable until at least April, the ship class Trump offered Greenland before its prime minister told him to stop posting. (Public domain photo by Lucario298)

Europe told Donald Trump to sit down twice today. The EU formally demanded the United States honor the trade agreement Trump signed in July, after he raised tariffs to 15% through a different legal loophole hours after the Supreme Court struck down his first ones. Greenland’s prime minister rejected Trump’s offer to send a hospital … Read more