Saturday’s golf tour Donald Trump The manor Palm Beach has diplomacy that Finland has sought.
According to EPN, Finland has been trying to get the president Alexander Stubbin And the US President Donald Trump’s meeting has been going on for a long time, but for various reasons, companies have fallen.
Now Stubb got a place in the sun. The presidents played in the same team.
However, the black clouds of world politics did not reced on Ukraine or Greenland. The compact alliance between the United States and Europe is turning more distant.
Trump’s goal is put the US interests ahead.
The top of Europe is concerned about Ukraine. The continuation of US support is uncertain.
In recent months, the United States has shaken Europe to find that it must be able to defend itself. Europe strengthens its defense, under Britain and France, among “willing” countries as in the EU.
The change in Europe has not volunteered, but for fear that the United States will pull its troops from Europe quickly and unprocessed, or, for example, question its nuclear deterrence.
In this situation stubb is one of the messengers across the Atlantic. Stubb’s meeting was unofficial, but the message was coordinated between European leaders last week in Paris.
Finland has had the United States More posts: Finland’s own and European affairs.
The first thing is the ceasefire and peace to Ukraine.
The Finnish message has been before and it was also yesterday that Russia cannot be trusted. Putin’s game is long, and it sets the terms after others think that the matter has already been agreed. An example of this is the back packs of the ceasefire negotiations.
Europe also hopes that the United States will remain in NATO and maintain its security guarantee.
Another key theme is Finland’s own relationship with the United States.
In Europe Finland has emphasizedthat Europe must remain close to the United States. Finland has also repeated, “Ice in the hat,” Finland has to be repeated.
Although fear is in the air, the United States has not expressed that it is leaving NATO or, for example, ending the last European security guarantee, the placement of US nuclear weapons in Europe.
President Stubb has warned against criticizing President Trump, even though US politics has had unprecedented initiatives and features, such as “taking” Greenland “and understanding President Putin in the Ukrainian peace talks.
For example, the Finnish American credit received a professor Tuomas Forsberg Doubt that Finland will make its decisions based on positive delusions and refuses to see the situation as it is.
Finland has noticed, that a close relationship with the United States is not a matter of course and the alliance changes.
Therefore, in its bilateral relationship, Finland strives to make itself useful. Finland wants to believe in a separate relationship with the United States, as Finland’s location and defense capacity is an advantage for the United States.
For example, the construction of icebreakers together could be a common deal. It has been talked about yesterday and the project is progressing, but it is not yet in the contract phase.
Icebreaker cooperation has been Finland’s dream for years because it could be financially a jackpot. has been told that Trump emphasized that icebreakers are just his idea.
Bilateral deals are exactly how the US has been feared to break down Europe.
Another and longer deal is the purchase of F-35 fighters from the United States.
It can increase the vulnerable addiction to which Europe woke up when the fighters had already been ordered. But Finland considers the 64 fighter jets commissioned by Finland to be a defense industrial cooperation, which is also vital to the United States.
Stubb’s visit to Trump It was an important moment as part of the shuttle of international diplomacy on both sides of the ocean.
Finland is not worth over-entry from golf. The western wind can turn.
Nor does a one -on -one relationship help much in the event that the US between Europe is declining. Defense policy is not a zero sum game.
Trump gave an interview with a golf tour where Trump hoped the United States would take Greenland. Stubb probably stood next door.
Stubb has previously said that Finland supports Denmark and international order in which countries have sovereignty and boundaries.
The skill of diplomacy is at the same time Keeps relationships and still say unpleasant things.
A golf tour is an informal way to approach even difficult things. It was Stubb’s wish. Stubb once went to the United States to study to become a golf professional. Saturday’s game was another skillful and lucky meeting in Stubb’s career.