Finnish President Alexander Stubb congratulated Donald Trump on his election victory. Meanwhile former president Sauli Niinistö urged a focus on Trump's actions rather than his words.

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/4509062

Finnish President Alexander Stubb has congratulated his future US counterpart Donald Trump on his re-election.

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Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP) commented on the election [in a press conference …] “I have been saying for a long time that Europe must take a bigger role. We cannot count so much on US support. Of course, the United States has other interests,” the PM said.

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In Orpo’s view, peace must be achieved in Ukraine, but not under any conditions.

“Peace must be attained on Ukraine’s terms,” he said. “We have our own experience from history that if the big ones agree over [others’] heads, it is not in the interest of a small or independent nation, and hopefully this will be kept clearly in mind when a peace agreement is possibly made.”

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Former president Sauli Niinistö, who met with Trump multiple times, struck a cautious note in regard to the possible ramifications for Nato and Ukraine.

On Wednesday, Niinistö commented to Yle about Trump’s assertion that he will end the war in Ukraine quickly.

“I haven’t seen a detailed plan on the matter, if there is one. Rather, that will have to be considered after we see what he is really going to do,” Niinistö said.

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  • ContrarianTrail@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    He says he wants to end the war. Ending support doesn’t do that and I don’t see how Russia winning would be beneficial to the US.

      • ContrarianTrail@lemm.eeEnglish
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        2 months ago

        What’s beneficial to himself and the U.S. seems like the only thing he cares about.

        “Make America Great Again” is his motto, and the actions he took during his first term mostly aligned with it, even if the outcomes didn’t always turn out as intended. If you don’t believe he means what he says, then I don’t think he should be criticized for the rest of what he says either - since he wouldn’t mean that, either.

        • stephen01king@lemmy.zipEnglish
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          2 months ago

          You actually fell hook, line and sinker into his lies, haven’t you? And what is with your broken logic? Do you think people can only lie 100% of the time or never lie at all? That seems to be the basis for your argument here.

          • ContrarianTrail@lemm.eeEnglish
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            2 months ago

            I’ve been accused of being both Trump and Kamala supporter today despite not even living in the U.S.

            Nope, I’m just a dispassionate observer who doesn’t think in binary. Trump is not all bad no more than Kamala is all good. Things are nuanced and complicated.

            Also no, I don’t think people either lie 100% of the time or not at all, but I also don’t think you get to arbitrarily choose which is a lie and what is not based on which better fits your agenda.

            • Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org
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              2 months ago

              I think you gotta watch more Trump interviews. He’s an authoritarian. He’s told people twice that they would never need to vote again once he’s in office.

              He said Hitler did some good things. He wants generals like Hitler had. Shit you could make a book of Trump quotes of all the awful things he’s done and said.

              • ContrarianTrail@lemm.eeEnglish
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                2 months ago

                I don’t see what this has to do with what I’ve said. I haven’t claimed otherwise. I don’t even like the guy and I wouldn’t have voted for him if I lived in the U.S.