Take a sauna and ice bath

An ice bath and then for a while in the sauna.

This is what Finnish President Alexander Stubb believes could help to thaw the relationship between Trump and Zelenskyj.

– In these types of situations, you have to be a little Finnish, he says.

Since Zelenskyj and Trump’s meeting in the Oval Room, which ended in the big bar, the relationship between the two leaders has been frosty. It seems that the negotiations for peace in Ukraine have already encountered obstacles after the negotiations for a mineral agreement have failed.

Already at the first meeting, many believed that an agreement would be concluded. That was not the case, but Zelenskyj was thrown out of the oval room after JD Vance accused him of being ungrateful.

Now Stubb hopes for a new round of negotiations on an agreement between the US and Ukraine.

– I think it would have been a good way to get things to get started, so a mineral agreement would have been good, says Stubb in an interview with CNN.

But it is not always that the usual kind of diplomacy works. Then it may be a good idea to take other methods.

Something Stubb thinks would help is if the leaders embraced a more Nordic model.

– Take a cold dip, swim sauna, a deep breath and then return to the negotiating table, he says.

The Finnish president himself is both used to cold dip and sauna. To Sweden’s Radio Stubb has previously said that his dream guest in the sauna is Nelson Mandela. Stubb wanted to ask him about how he clears to keep anger and cynicism at a distance. He also wanted to invite Mother Theresa and Gustaf Mannerheim.

Maybe it will be a world leader at Stubb’s next sauna evening.