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TomVilmer

(1,832 posts)
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 04:59 PM Jul 2018

Finns dislike Trump even more than they dislike Putin

Source: Finnish magazine Seura

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are set to meet in Helsinki on Monday 16th of July. A new survey commissioned by Finnish magazine Seura illustrates that neither one of the leaders is liked here.

The results for Trump display an obvious lack of popularity. Only six percent of Finns describe their attitudes towards Trump as favorable. Respectively, the percentage of those with a negative viewpoint is 83.

Putin also received a generally miserable appraisal: three out of four Finns (76%) position Putin as a negative figure. What remarkably differs between the attitudes of Finnish people is a “reasonably negative” standpoint towards the leader of Russia, but a “highly negative” stance towards Trump.

On the day of the meeting, a group of activists will participate in a Helsinki Calling march. The purpose of the demonstration is to support human rights, democracy, peace and environmental work.

Read more: https://seura.fi/asiat/ajankohtaista/finns-dislike-donald-trump-even-more-than-vladimir-putin/



Finland is a peaceful country, known for its commitment to multilateral co-operation and peace. We will gather together to demonstrate that we in Finland are on the side of human rights, democracy, peace, environment and climate action. We will not close our eyes, nor will we be silent.
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Finns dislike Trump even more than they dislike Putin (Original Post) TomVilmer Jul 2018 OP
Well after yesterday I'm not too high on Kimi Raikkonen, either... Blue_Tires Jul 2018 #1
They need to build an secret alligator pit BigmanPigman Jul 2018 #2
k&R BlueJac Jul 2018 #3
Why in the hell is Finland allowing Putin and Trump to have a meeting in their country? YOHABLO Jul 2018 #4
No brown people, I guess FakeNoose Jul 2018 #8
The Finns do take their share of asylum seekers... TomVilmer Jul 2018 #11
Smart people . Chickensoup Jul 2018 #5
Why doesn't the Finnish PM tell them both to take a hike? nycbos Jul 2018 #6
and NOBODY hates both of them more than ME!! AZ8theist Jul 2018 #7
K&R...Thanks for posting red dog 1 Jul 2018 #9
Hard Time smellthecoffee Jul 2018 #10
lets face it elmac Jul 2018 #12
That's really saying something. They even sided with Germany against Russia in WW2. Snellius Jul 2018 #13
Proud to be half Finnish! truthisfreedom Jul 2018 #14
Wow! Because the fans really hate the Russians. GulfCoast66 Jul 2018 #15
Sounds like a country with critical thinking skills agincourt Jul 2018 #16

FakeNoose

(32,645 posts)
8. No brown people, I guess
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 05:52 PM
Jul 2018

They won't have to worry about a terrorist attack.
I'm hoping Cheeto's plane goes down, north of the Arctic Circle.


TomVilmer

(1,832 posts)
11. The Finns do take their share of asylum seekers...
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 06:59 PM
Jul 2018

... and have their own indigenous population of "brown people". But since racist minds expect brown people to be the most dangerous, be informed that statistics tells a different story:

The largest number of terror attacks in the EU were carried out by ethno-nationalist and separatist extremists (99).
Attacks carried out by left-wing violent extremists have been on the rise since 2014; they reached a total of 27 in 2016.
The number of jihadist terrorist attacks decreased from 17 in 2015 to 13 in 2016, of which 6 were linked to the so-called Islamic State (IS).

https://www.europol.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/tesat2017.pdf

A bit of translation: Ethno-nationalist and separatist extremists are mainly weird white Christians fighting about borders and such. This trend is about the same in the United States, and the risk of being killed in traffic accidents are way higher than any kind of terrorism.

nycbos

(6,034 posts)
6. Why doesn't the Finnish PM tell them both to take a hike?
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 05:16 PM
Jul 2018

Given both men are hated by his citizens it might help him politically?

red dog 1

(27,817 posts)
9. K&R...Thanks for posting
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 06:02 PM
Jul 2018

Apparently, Finland is the only European country that would even ALLOW Putin and Spanky to meet within their borders.

smellthecoffee

(5 posts)
10. Hard Time
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 06:25 PM
Jul 2018

How do you gauge total hatred for these two men. Both get a 10 out of 10 on the hatred meter.
You have Putin's dirty, murdering, criminal hands in everyone's business and you have Don the
Terrible who is hell bent on destroying this country and the world for that matter. The
thing that instills absolute terror in me, is that neither one of these men have a heart, a soul, or a
molecule of empathy for anyone other than themselves. They are very very dangerous men who
will damage this planet beyond repair. And where do they think they are going to go to escape all
this damage. Is there a magic island somewhere they own that has clean water, air, food, free energy,
universal health care?? Maybe that's where all the lost Pentagon money went. It is just total insanity
fueled by greed and power.

 

elmac

(4,642 posts)
12. lets face it
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 07:06 PM
Jul 2018

everyone likes putin better than trump. Even though they are both fascist pigs putin has some smarts, something tRump and trumpsters don't have.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
15. Wow! Because the fans really hate the Russians.
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 10:27 PM
Jul 2018

I assume not as individuals. But the Russians have just done them wrong for centuries.

agincourt

(1,996 posts)
16. Sounds like a country with critical thinking skills
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 11:35 PM
Jul 2018

I am curious on how their education system is different.

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