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The reign of the 'Diapered Don' will be to the U.S., what the Anti-Pope was to the Catholic Church, during the Great Schism. Although, hopefully, his reign will be a short one. And the years 2016-2020 will be remembered as the era of the U.S. plunging into temporary insanity.

and we have to figure out how it happened and prevent that from ever happening again. Education in the US has to be improved for sure. Open dialog across all levels and echelons.

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As someone who has lived and traveled outside the States, I have been aware for decades the poor opinion other citizens have of US policy (hence Americans). This guy trump is the butt of jokes around the world, and the President of Finland showed us why in a way even trump could understand -- if he read.

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I am so embarrassed when I think of what DJT has done to the USA and how he makes it suffer every day at home and abroad. I am SOOO tired of him being alive!

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This president is an embarrassment.

He certainly is!

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I have found that if you take the headlines and google it (I use Ecosia) one can get different sources. Here is one for the headline [democraticunderground.com]

@HippieChick58 already kindly posted the whole text below...but thanks for the link.

@Marionville This may help for future links. I am in the same boat as I don't accept ads.

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Did he really mean Helsinki?

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I wonder how many rating stars he gave us on google...hmmm

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Bloody BRILLIANT! I am wishing this were real but satire gets us thru these dark days.
What will it take for the gop to declare the emperor is naked?

Even if he rode down Pennsylvania Avenue naked on the Republican elephant shouting β€œI’m the Emperor...how’d you all like my new clothes!” ....they’d still vote for him if they thought he could win!

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President Sauli Niinisto! Thank you for visiting the United States and President Donald J. Trump on the 100th anniversary of U.S.-Finland diplomatic relations. Can you spare a minute of your time to tell us what you thought so we can improve the experience for future visitors?

What were some highlights of your stay?

I enjoyed the museums very much. I visited several, and they were all well lit, clean and informative. I liked that they were free, just like the population is under democracy.

I do not think that either of those things should change. If possible, keep both aspects.

I also enjoyed the chairs. I sat on a chair that was large and bright yellow, with arms, and although the arms did not provide as much protection of my personal space as I had hoped and I briefly suffered a surprise touch upon the knee (something Moominpappa would have addressed even more sternly than I did), it was not the chair’s fault. I still basically liked the chair. It was clearly not the work of Alvar Aalto, but it was a good chair.

Do you have any feedback as to how your stay could be improved?

Well, I have to say, I would perhaps have done certain things slightly differently. For instance, it was clear that President Trump had many things he wanted to get off his chest, primarily about someone named Adam Schiff, but also about the governor of California? I found this unseemly emotional outburst off-putting. I would not have asked him to stand there while I had an emotional outburst. To me, a more seemly way of showing disapproval would be to purchase and then quietly hand them a Marimekko design that is in an unpleasing color β€” although, such a Marimekko design does not exist?

I do not understand why it was necessary for me to sit there silently like an Artek daybed (although even when they are silent, Artek daybeds make statements). He kept yelling about a perfect conversation, but if it was anything like the conversation we had, I would say it was not perfect. A perfect conversation, to us in Finland, is one in which the freedom of the press is respected and people do not shout, say inaccurate things about the European Union and give the press mean nicknames. We reserve this kind of saltiness for our licorice.

Also, I would say, it is embarrassing for a leader to hector his press and call them fake. It makes him look bad, and it is uncomfortable. It seemed as though this was the kind of thing you would want to save for later, when you were alone, after you were not trying to impress people anymore. Indeed, I started to wonder: Does he know that I am here? I am just sitting here like the "J" in β€œfjord” or the many treasures of Helsinki: I am there, but nobody thinks about me. I began to feel that I had blended into the chair, but then he placed his hand on my knee, so I knew I had not been forgotten.

In Finland, we are proud of our free press. The United States, too, should be proud. They should not let this man insult one of the things that should be a source of national pride. Does he do this to Tiffany lamps and the Grand Canyon?

I kept thinking, should I say something? Then the president yelled at a reporter for not directing his question to me, but when he did direct the question to me, the president interrupted and made it difficult for me to answer. On the whole, it was confusing.

I would say in the future, if the purpose of the visit is that you will be unexpectedly called upon to defend the European Union as an institution and then sit very still while the president does some personal yelling, you should specify this more clearly on the invitation so that a leader can decide for themself whether it is worth it to visit.

How likely are you to recommend the United States to a friend or colleague?

Not very.

Is there any other feedback you would like to leave?

I would like to tell Donald Trump to go to Helsinki.

This is what a national leader should sound like...classy!

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Cant access it without subscribing!

I'm sorry!! I finally subscribed so I forget that it is restricted. I copied and pasted the article for you, and others.

@HippieChick58 No probs...I enjoyed the read when you posted!

See my reply.

Try it with 'in private' browsing. It's not just for porn, you know.

@MrBeelzeebubbles I’m not American. I don’t want to subscribe to a US newspaper.

@Marionville I'm in the UK too. The Washington Post allows a free article per month, and it uses cookies to tell if you've visited before. In Private browsing automatically deletes all cookies, so you can often get around pay walls by opening links on an In Private browser window.

@MrBeelzeebubbles okay...will remember that...thanks,

@Rob48 Glad to! 😁

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