WEST PALM BEACH, Florida - Finnish President Alexander Stubb made a surprise trip on Saturday to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida, where the two leaders discussed strengthening their countries' bilateral partnership and played a round of golf. Read more at straitstimes.com.
  • protist@mander.xyzEnglish
    612·
    30 days ago

    It’s no secret that Trump is easy to manipulate with flattery. Surprised every leader in the world isn’t doing this. You can hate the guy’s guts, but give him a smile and a compliment and you can bend him to your will

    • kescusay@lemmy.worldEnglish
      72·
      30 days ago

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

      • Billiam@lemmy.worldEnglish
        30·
        30 days ago

        Actually, it’s because it’s the weekend and he’s spent 9 of the last 10 of them (since resoiling the White House) at his shitty golf course. Wonder why DOGE isn’t saying shit about $26 million being spent on these little excursions?

        He’s plenty happy breaking laws and being corrupt in DC.

      • Deme@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        1·
        28 days ago

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

    • boredtortoise@lemm.eeEnglish
      261·
      30 days ago

      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

        • boredtortoise@lemm.eeEnglish
          6·
          29 days ago

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

          • Digitalprimate@lemmy.worldEnglish
            6·
            29 days ago

            There is zero chance he’s kissing the ring. And I agree thinking he would convert Trump would be naive, but I don’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 fascist’s next step around a specific issue is.

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

  • Narri N.@lemmy.mlEnglish
    101·
    29 days ago

    Oh there’s that lizard-looking fucking cunt that we have for a president, sucking the emperor’s toes I see. I wonder if they’re orange and taste of cheetos, and whether Alexander “I would allow NATO nukes on Finnish soil” 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 “our” president is out in fucking Florida ganging up on old big D’s shriveled up cock with the rest of them, while our prime minister isn’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 it’ll fix fucking anything for the working class instead of more money in the rulers’ pockets. Fucking god fucking damn it all to hell, I wish I’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 it’ll come to you too, cause there ain’t no planet B. You will die of your own works, just like the rest of us. I wish it’ll be fucking worth it, you miserable excuses for fatherless maggots. I hate you.