This is terrible news for Finland
“Dear” Donald.
“Dear” Donald,
One time I was talking to a German friend of mine in a bar. After a few drinks, we got on the topic of World War II. Her German grandparents were there, luckily my Jewish ones weren’t. Of course many others were.
She said her grandparents were “really nice people”, despite having been sympathetic to the Nazis. I stopped her right there and reminded her that they’d made lampshades out of my people. “Yes, but they were really nice lampshades,” she said.
She was being sarcastic, of course.
There have been a couple of articles in Finnish publications recently talking about how your “presidency” could actually be good for Europe in general and Finland in particular. They reminded me of that conversation with my German friend in that bar. And – just like I always feel when I read anything about you – they make me want to get totally wasted.
In Ilta-Sanomat, economist Heidi Shauman (she’s pretty, you’d like her) said that you potentially lifting or easing sanctions against your boyfriend Putin would be good for Finland. Especially if you get the EU to go along with you. And since you’ve already started doing that, any 5-year-old could see that’s where you’re going with this.
Anyway, Finland’s AmCham head Kristiina Helenius (also pretty, you’d like her, too) agreed and added that if the shit really hits the fan and you go even more cray cray on us, that could help force Finland and the other EU countries to strengthen their alliance. Of course we’ll have to wait and see how many EU countries are actually left at that point (you’d love that, wouldn’t you), but that’s a whole other story.
In an article in Talouselämä, Defense Minister Jussi Niinistö (you might actually want to think about hiring some of his friends) talked about how your attempt to drive down the price of Lockheed Martin and Boeing fighter planes could also benefit Finland.
Oh yes, he’s right! This is fantastic news, because at the rate you’re going, we’re going to f***ing need those cheap Hornets to protect ourselves from Russia and God (NO, I’m NOT talking about you) only knows who else!
So, back to that bar and those “really nice lampshades”. The point is this: If the name “Trump” is in the story, there IS NO GOOD NEWS. Period.
To say that Finland or anyone else will “benefit” from the effects of your bromance with Vladimir Putin or you managing to get us all a great deal on war planes is not only short-sighted and ridiculous, it’s also dangerous.
Today it’s easy to see that no good came out of World War II. But with you, history is happening right now and we have to have 20/20 vision in foresight, not only in hindsight.
To use one of your favorite terms, ANY “good news” about you is fake news.
“Love,” Lissu