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Finns ruthlessly mock Trump’s claims they ‘take care of the floors’ of forests

Bob Brigham

18 Nov 2018 at 19:26 ET                   
Pyry Luminen (Twitter)

President Donald Trump received a transatlantic smackdown after bizarre statements he made while touring the devastation of the Camp Fire in Paradise, California.

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“We gotta take care of the floors, you know, the floors of the forest,” Trump claimed.

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“You look at other countries where they do it differently and it’s a whole different story,” he continued. “I was with the president of Finland and he said: ‘We have a much different — we’re a forest nation.’ He called it a forest nation, and they spent a lot of time on raking and cleaning and doing things. And they don’t have any problem.”

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President Sauli Niinistö of Finland denied the conversation.

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“I mentioned [to] him that Finland is a land covered by forests and we also have a good monitoring system and network,” Niinistö said.

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Meanwhile, Finns used social media to mock Trump’s claim.

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Here are some of the funniest comments:

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