Innanzitutto complimenti per un leader così eccezionale. Carismatico, istruito, politicamente esperto!
Ma devo chiedertelo, come ti senti quando lui adulare Trump? È difficile da guardare, ma immagino che sia il gioco a cui tutti devono giocare. Mi chiedo se gli viene facile o alla fine digrigna i denti?
Immagino che la domanda sia se la maggior parte delle persone in Finlandia accetta che questo sia il ruolo che deve svolgere o pensi che dovrebbe essere più combattivo quando si tratta di Trump?
Personalmente penso che stia facendo esattamente quello che dovrebbe e mi congratulo con la sua volontà nel farlo, ma mi interessano le vostre opinioni!
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di Pumpkin-Rick
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He kisses ass, gives his son nice jobs. What is not to like?
I think it does come easy to him. You can think whatever you want about that, but I think it makes him exceptionally suited for the job.
I think it’s valuable for everyone in Europe that we have leaders who know how to deal with Trump.
Only the results matter, and so far I like the results.
Abroad respect and likability for Finland has been on the rise since Stubb started as president. And that is basically the only thing that is the job for our president.
Imo, a leader of an entire population such as a president, needs to be able to get past how deplorable their counterpart is, cuz at the end of the day, they’re not just buddies doing their thing, they’re representing the countries as an organization that will still exist even after they’re gone from office (at least one of them probably thinks like that). Commerce and defense are still important no matter their opinion in controversial topics.
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I guess he is trying to sell Trump some ships. And maybe the idea of supporting Ukraine against Russia. USA to remain a strong partner in NATO and such. And he knows Trump is rather susceptible to flattering, so it’s not a very complicated equation.
Personally, I think he’s a bit slimy and has no balls, but that might be useful dealing with all these other insane egomaniacs.
His statement on recognizing Palestine was like “well if other countries do that first then we’ll also want to be on the right side of history”
If you want to befriend a monkey, bring some bananas. It’s really that simple.
This is what works with Trump. A tiny country like Finland doesn’t have much more than diplomacy as a means to affect the world at large. Yes, it’s cringy, but I’m glad we have the Trump whisperer as president right now.
He puts the interests of his country before whatever his personal opinions are. This is a rare quality in statesmen these days.
It’s not the way most of us would prefer to spend our day but Stubb is doing the hard work so Finland, NATO, and Europe can benefit.
I appreciate how stubb is handling international relations but I find it kinda humiliating how he gurgles trump’s testicles every time he opens his mouth around him.
He is good at handleing all the foreign leaders, he is a good speaker too. Compared to the rest of the papper flippers in out government, id rather not say.
We are realists. This is the world we live in and this is how we get the most positive end result as possible.
Stubborn (😉) ideologies have no place in the global diplomacy. You need to play the game with the cards you are given, and right now Stubb is playing our cards extremely well.
Stubb is a europhile first and foremost. I feel like he wants to represent not only Finland but kinda also the entire EU. I guarantee that deep inside he is shocked at how Trump behaves, but he knows that he cannot show that. I bet he rehearses constantly how to react to different curve balls that Trump likes to throw at him.
He may have found something (small) he likes in Trump. Crazy, I know, but to see Trump as a human being would be an asset to Stubb. Hell, I dunno, just think that he has met lots of people in his political career/life, and it is better to like people than not when you have to interact with them. It is much easier to dislike/hate people you never met. Why else could people so easily hate foreigners, even people from other areas of their country/of different religions?
A proctologist should keep professional even the nastiest asshole is right in front of your face. Stubb is the proctologist of world politics.