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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  • MaggiWuerze
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    1 hour ago

    I would bet, that one of the first things Trump does is end support for Ukraine. We have to give them what they need now, so they can take back what’s theirs before the US support runs out.

    • ContrarianTrail@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      1 hour 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
          1·
          26 minutes 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.