(Photo of Finland's President Sauli Niinisto and Donald Trump, from Politico.com, is by Chip Somodevilla/Getty images.)Once again, Donald Trump showed he is either the most ignorant world leader or he just makes things up to make himself look good -- perhaps both. While it is becoming obvious to most people that global warming is causing more disasters, Trump is still in denial.
He exhibited this when he announced that the cause of the devastating fires in California were caused by a failure to rake the leaves and small brush from the forest floor. He even went so far as to say that Finland's President Sauli Niinisto told him that there are fewer fires in Finland because they rake their forests.
"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. And when it is, it’s a very small problem."
Of course, that was a lie. The Finnish president was quick to point out that he did not say that to Trump. He simply said that Finland has a good monitoring system and network. That's something the U.S. also has (although it has been made more difficult by Trump cuts to the budget).
The idea of raking millions of acres for Forest is a ridiculous idea, and the people of Finland know that. They have taken to Twitter and social media to laugh at Trump silly idea. Here's a sample of the Finnish people have fun at Trump's expense:
