Finnish president boosts ties with Trump in surprise Florida visit (www.straitstimes.com)
from schizoidman@lemm.ee to world@lemmy.world on 29 Mar 23:30
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lupusblackfur@lemmy.world on 29 Mar 23:40 next collapse

at his estate in Florida,

Sorry, fucking wut??

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kescusay@lemmy.world on 30 Mar 00:20 next collapse

He hates being at the White House, with all the rules and procedures that have to be followed there. Heā€™d much prefer to engage in open corruption without all that red tape.

billiam0202@lemmy.world on 30 Mar 03:08 next collapse

Actually, itā€™s because itā€™s the weekend and heā€™s spent 9 of the last 10 of them (since resoiling the White House) at his shitty golf course. Wonder why DOGE isnā€™t saying shit about $26 million being spent on these little excursions?

Heā€™s plenty happy breaking laws and being corrupt in DC.

errer@lemmy.world on 30 Mar 04:50 collapse

Waaay more bathrooms at Mar a Lago to store things in!

mumblerfish@lemmy.world on 30 Mar 05:40 collapse

Maybe there is no sauna in the white house.

Deme@sopuli.xyz on 31 Mar 11:37 collapse

Trump is probably too old to survive a proper sauna. I hope he goes into one.

protist@mander.xyz on 30 Mar 00:46 next collapse

Itā€™s no secret that Trump is easy to manipulate with flattery. Surprised every leader in the world isnā€™t doing this. You can hate the guyā€™s guts, but give him a smile and a compliment and you can bend him to your will

Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world on 30 Mar 13:06 next collapse

This only shows weakness to Trump. It tells him your country is weak fearful and seeks his protection.

Trump is going to do whatever it is he wants to do and this just confirms Finland wonā€™t be a major obstacle to his plan and/or Finland will just go along with it.

Finlands President is a fool.

protist@mander.xyz on 30 Mar 14:34 collapse

I just couldnā€™t disagree more. Finland doesnā€™t have to actually do anything different. Telling Trump how great he is in private can get him off your back entirely, because heā€™s a narcissist. All he cares about is whether or not someone likes him. Thereā€™s absolutely nothing about this meeting that ā€œjust confirms Finland wonā€™t be a major obstacle to his plan and/or Finland will just go along with it.ā€

Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world on 30 Mar 22:19 collapse

You are making the same mistake every player has made in regards to Trump.

You are under estimating him and you believe he is transactional in relationships. You give him X, he gives you Y. Trump is NOT transactional. Trump sees you giving him X as weakness and will try to take Y and Z from you in the future. He will never give you Y unless he is forced to.

Trump does not give a shit if you like him. Trump only cares that you will follow him and do what he says either willingly or by coercion.

Europe and Canadian leaders came to, or called Trump at Mar-a-lago in the weeks after the election and kissed his ass.

It accomplished nothing. Trump is still moving forward with tariffs and his agenda to break up NATO and make America a regional power with hegemony over North America.

If you want to figure out what Trump is actually up to ask yourself why does he want Greenland? We already have military bases there. Denmark will let us build more or exploit the resources on that island.

The only reason you would seek to annex Greenland is if you are working toward a future where Denmark would see you as an enemy and would not allow the US access to Greenland.

Think about what would have to happen to make that a realityā€¦

I say this as an American, Europe needs to start arming itself ASAP. Because no one here has managed to stop this Orange Fucker. I donā€™t have any faith we can stop him from whatever shitty plan he has.

tootoughtoremember@lemmy.world on 30 Mar 23:54 collapse

Tell me how thatā€™s going for Canada.

Justin Trudeau visits Trump at Mar-a-Lago

One week laterā€¦

Trump takes jab at ā€˜governorā€™ Trudeau

MisterOwl@lemmy.world on 30 Mar 04:05 next collapse

I thought Finland hated Russia?

boredtortoise@lemm.ee on 30 Mar 05:07 collapse

The current president is both a little sneaky and a bit naive, who thinks reasoning and a little oiling up can sway the big swindler

RecursiveParadox@lemmy.world on 30 Mar 12:56 collapse

Sneaky yes, but naive Alexander is absolutely not.

boredtortoise@lemm.ee on 30 Mar 13:07 collapse

Thinking heā€™ll convert Trump is naive. But itā€™s true he could be kissing the ring for actually wanting to appease him. Anyway a slimy guy

RecursiveParadox@lemmy.world on 30 Mar 13:46 collapse

There is zero chance heā€™s kissing the ring. And I agree thinking he would convert Trump would be naive, but I donā€™t think that was it either.

Generally speaking, the last person the orange fascist speaks with gets his attention for X amount of time. He was either doing that about something very specific, or possibly it was more of an intelligence operation, finding out what the fascistā€™s next step around a specific issue is.

Anyway thatā€™s based on knowing Alexander fairly well. But, it could also be the other European leaders said to him ā€œhey man, we did our trip to that asshole, now itā€™s your turn!ā€ (the last guess is from my wife, who knows him a bit better/longer than me).

boredtortoise@lemm.ee on 30 Mar 17:11 collapse

Interesting. Care to spill the beans from your perspective? No need to self doxx or anything. Do people in connection with him fall for the smarm?

RecursiveParadox@lemmy.world on 31 Mar 09:57 collapse

DM me Iā€™ll send you details.

narr1@lemmy.ml on 30 Mar 23:11 next collapse

Oh thereā€™s that lizard-looking fucking cunt that we have for a president, sucking the emperorā€™s toes I see. I wonder if theyā€™re orange and taste of cheetos, and whether Alexander ā€œI would allow NATO nukes on Finnish soilā€ Stub here would enjoy the taste more or less if they did. Holy fucking shit this country is really going to the shitter fast when ā€œourā€ president is out in fucking Florida ganging up on old big Dā€™s shriveled up cock with the rest of them, while our prime minister isnā€™t doing really fucking anything except agreeing whateverthefuck the removed-faced removed that is our financial minister - and incidentally the leader of our own far-right party - says. Which so far has amounted to basically doing what the US has done thus far, and pretending like itā€™ll fix fucking anything for the working class instead of more money in the rulersā€™ pockets. Fucking god fucking damn it all to hell, I wish Iā€™d see these people burning to death on the street in agony so I could actually not even fucking piss on them to ease their suffering. You are literally ruining everything for everyone else. And eventually itā€™ll come to you too, cause there ainā€™t no planet B. You will die of your own works, just like the rest of us. I wish itā€™ll be fucking worth it, you miserable excuses for fatherless maggots. I hate you.

Dasus@lemmy.world on 31 Mar 14:14 collapse

I see youā€™re a man of culture as well.

Dasus@lemmy.world on 31 Mar 14:09 collapse

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Donā€™t mind me just sharing some Finnish artwork from the 20th century.