Donald Trump is scheduled to visit California on Friday to learn about wildfires, which reminded the president of Finnish forest management in an interview.
President of the United States Donald Trump spoke Fox News To Sean Hannity California wildfires. He recalled receiving criticism when he previously talked about forest management as part of fire control.
Trump cited Finland and Austria as examples of countries living off forests that do not have the same wildfire problem as California.
– The leaders of Finland and Austria told me how they live off their forests and are forest states. Isn’t that beautifully said, Trump asked.
According to Trump, the leaders of the countries had told him that the forests of Finland and Austria are the most beautiful in the world, and their trees are much more beautiful than California’s and less sensitive to fires.
– We have no pieces. We take care of our forests, Trump recalled being told.
– They are logging and cleaning the forest floor, Trump continued.
Trump is scheduled to familiarize himself with the fire situation in California on Friday.
In 2018, we laughed at the raking of the forests
In 2018, President Trump also urged Californians to follow the example of Finnish forest management when he was getting to know the devastating fires in Northern California.
– They rake and clean and they don’t have any problems, Trump said then.
Trump could then refer to his meeting with the president of the republic Sauli Niinistön with whom he had met the previous week at the 100th anniversary commemoration of the First World War in Paris while the California fires were raging. At the time, Niinistö mentioned the matter in a television interview with .
– I met President Trump and yes we talked about forest fires and that we have a good fight against this in Finland, Niinistö told .
At the time, Trump’s speeches were also laughed at when it was interpreted that he was talking about raking forests. #RakeNews trended among social media.
However, the English expression “raking and cleaning” can, along with raking, mean collecting logging waste with a bulldozer.