Finland’s President on Golfing With Trump

Finland’s President on Golfing With Trump

[Music] Diplomacy is really about two things. It’s about state relations and then it’s about personal relations and connections. And then I think it’s my job to try to connect with people and and I and I hope I I hope I succeed sometimes. You know, I when I was with President Xi, I felt we had a very good and respectful conversation. When I was playing golf with President Trump, we had a really good time. What was President Trump like on the golf course? You played for Yeah. Very talkative. You know, golf is a nice social setting. And again, going back to my dad, I remember my dad being very encouraging and saying, you know, Alex, even if you don’t become a golf professional, uh, golf will be useful for you one day. And I was going, yeah, sure, Dad. And sure enough, there I was on the first tea with President Trump. And, you know, I had a I had a good time. And it doesn’t, you know, the fact that you have a good time with someone doesn’t mean they agree with him. Especially coming from a small country, what you want to do is is you want to, you know, nudge things in the right

Finland President Alexander Stubb on golfing with US President Donald Trump: “The fact that you have a good time with someone doesn’t mean you agree with them.”

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