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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFunny From Finland:
To be fair, weve thought the same thing about the United States since January 20, 2017. Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, when told John Boltons new book reveals that President Trump thought Finland was under Russian control.
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Funny From Finland: (Original Post)
kpete
Jun 2020
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grumpyduck
(6,232 posts)1. Boom!
iluvtennis
(19,852 posts)6. x 2. nt
Wounded Bear
(58,649 posts)2. Sometimes the truth hurts...
BComplex
(8,049 posts)3. Ha! That's hilarious! And so true!!!
She nailed that one!!
erronis
(15,241 posts)5. the trump family and now the (r)epuglicons have been under russian control so long that it seems
like normal to them.
"Doesn't everyone get extra money from a guy called Igor?"
"I trust the KGB/GRU to help me set up my WiFi hot-spot more than those geeks from the NSA. They appear to know what the are doing!"
"My russki friends are so much more accommodating with things like booze, loans, girls/boys - they know how to have a good time."
marie999
(3,334 posts)10. My husband says there was a bar in Europe where NSA, KGB, and others went.
He said if you bought them a couple of drinks, they would tell you what YOUR job was.
Mosby
(16,306 posts)7. The jokes write themselves these days.
czarjak
(11,274 posts)8. True story though?
shenmue
(38,506 posts)9. It's not true
tblue37
(65,340 posts)11. Big K&R. nt
liberalla
(9,247 posts)12. OMG, that's funny! I love it!
donkeypoofed
(2,187 posts)13. Hilarious!! One of the best slap backs, ever !
muriel_volestrangler
(101,312 posts)14. Not, however, a real quote:
THE EMBASSY OF FINLAND IN WASHINGTON, D.C., and various members of the Government have issued statements rebuking claims that PM Sanna Marin had made a certain disparaging comment about the Trump Administration.
On 26 June, a Twitter user claiming to be in the US tweeted 'John Boltons new book reveals that Trump thought Finland was under Russian control. Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin says, To be fair, weve thought the same thing about the United States since January 20, 2017'.
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However, there is no evidence that the Prime Minister made the comments attributed to her in the viral tweet. A press official from the Embassy of Finland in the United States, Helena Liikanen-Renger, posted on Twitter that the statement "is not true".
Meanwhile, Government Communications Director Päivi Anttikoski told HS that he had been contacted by CNN, an American news outlet, to comment on the claims. He reiterated that the claims are untrue and also revealed that "substantial efforts" to counter the spread of the claims have been underway over the course of the weekend.
https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/news-in-brief/17808-finnish-embassy-in-the-us-rebukes-viral-claims-that-pm-sanna-marin-insulted-trump.html
On 26 June, a Twitter user claiming to be in the US tweeted 'John Boltons new book reveals that Trump thought Finland was under Russian control. Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin says, To be fair, weve thought the same thing about the United States since January 20, 2017'.
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However, there is no evidence that the Prime Minister made the comments attributed to her in the viral tweet. A press official from the Embassy of Finland in the United States, Helena Liikanen-Renger, posted on Twitter that the statement "is not true".
Meanwhile, Government Communications Director Päivi Anttikoski told HS that he had been contacted by CNN, an American news outlet, to comment on the claims. He reiterated that the claims are untrue and also revealed that "substantial efforts" to counter the spread of the claims have been underway over the course of the weekend.
https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/news-in-brief/17808-finnish-embassy-in-the-us-rebukes-viral-claims-that-pm-sanna-marin-insulted-trump.html
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