President of Finland's Fireside Chat at National Nordic Museum
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- In a fireside chat with Washington State Senator Marko Liias, the President of Finland Sauli Niinistö discusses Finland's NATO membership, the European security situation, including Russia's aggression against Ukraine, as well as the partnership and economic relationship between Finland and the State of Washington.
This event was filmed at the National Nordic Museum in Seattle on March 6, 2023. Introductions of speakers made by Eric Nelson, Executive Director/CEO of the National Nordic Museum.
For a list of current events at the National Nordic Museum, see nordicmuseum.org.
Thank You Mr President, for the whole of Your soon ending of Presidency, and for Your leadership of leading our country into NATO.
not to bring down mr. Niinistö but the nato thing was a joint effort of the whole finnish foreign political leadership
@@perseapina Joint effort of the people.
Thanks, good interview questions and thoughful answers. 👍
STÖ !!!
For those interested in Finnish/Swedish experience with Russia. This video is about what took place more or less exactly 300 years ago. Texted to English and Swedish depending on your language.
th-cam.com/video/XjFglWuwn6g/w-d-xo.html
Greater Wrath
And yeas Ukraine comes to my mind.
And the music is good.
Idk what the President meant with "second class peace agreement". Maybe it didn't come across quite as he meant it. He's essentially talking about post-war security quarantees to Ukraine, not about a sub-par peace conditions to Ukraine.
Yeah, class wasn't the correct word. More like a second level of guarantees aside from a bilateral agreement with Russia.
@@jattikuukunen , very true.
His English is what's second-class, sadly.
@@melrakan are you native english speaker? I think Niinistö's english is excelent considering his generation. He has quite thick finnish accent, but that is quite normal and I think it's easy to understand. Perhaps he makes some mistakes, but I think he gets his point across.
@@SorbusAucubaria I'm a native Finnish speaker. I'd say it like this - his English is enough to get basic points across, but he can't really communicate in detail. He relies a lot on pre-written talking points (which he repeats in more or less every foreign visit); without his team, it would be a lot more noticeable.
It all starts from education.
our best president
Finns people are as determined as are Ukrainians.
"...we must not play with thunderstorm, we cannot win the god
"...president choose jesus not nato, president choose life not war and president choose russia not armyshopping
"...don't be suicide norway haven't bring any guns to ukraine, no nato no gunsbringing
All of this rhetoric is leading to further unnecessary escalation and he does not even understand it. I don’t find him to be smart. This is the road to nowhere.
What particularly you thought escalary in what he said?
@@SorbusAucubaria the whole subject of joining NATO and getting ready to “answer accordingly to threats”. Which threats? To Finland? I just watched his other interview where he actually admits there are no signs of aggression towards Finland, like they are nowhere in sight. NATO has been provoking Russia all the way until we got what we got. There are even no troops on the border with Finland. But as soon as NATO puts rockets there it will be a whole other game for everyone. This is escalation.
@@dsch2038 joining NATO is literally a de-escalation, Russia will never attack a NATO country and a NATO country will never attack Russia, so you are wrong.
As for threats, Russian politicians and even Putler himself have been constantly talking about "retaining old borders", which would include Finland. Even putler himself has said that "losing Finland was a mistake".
Also you are lying about there not being troops on the border with Finland, Russia has continuously invaded Finnish airspace since 1940.
@@Naskinlahtaaja old borders? 😂😂 Finland? You seriously believe it in it? Had no idea. Now I got. Propaganda everywhere. Finland is Scandinavia, and you have a very wrong concept.
@@dsch2038 it is indeed what they have said. Also Finland is not Scandinavia.
He seems like a savant.
I don't think he is. I heard his school grades weren't that good and he is typical finn in his demeunor and culturally we all must seem slightly autistic to foreigners.
Yes, Finland has the happiest people on Earth. In Finland the amputated are protected from weed, but prescribed opium and morphine instead. Likewise, folks undergoing chemotheraphy have to rely on criminals to get weed. God forbid, If they get caught of a possession of one single joint, it will be enough to red flag the person for decades to come in visa registries and show up 5-7 years in new employee back ground checks.
My theory, which takes into account the high levels of both happiness and depression diagnoses: Finns have good medication.
Medicinal weed is also officially a thing at least for some indications of chronic pain. I don't specifically know though what's the situation with eg. amputees atm.
No police will shoot on the basis of drugs alone though. Medical weed is legalized but hard to get. Just putting it out there.
The name "happiness" index. Is a bit funny as it has nothing to do with personal happiness.
It's a comparison of the society in different countries taking into account things like the quality and availability of affordable healthcare, education, about crime and corruption and more.
The Nordic countries have always been among the 8 best in those comparisons.
There is something I think relates to countries with a winter too.
It's like poverty becomes more easily acceptable in even rich countries in a warmer climate than in countries with a harsher climate.
That was a lot of rubbish.
The police will do absolutely nothign if they catch you smoking a joint😂😂😂
Finland will engulf in war flame....
We are fire.
whats a war flame?
@@Frosmad I think the duller troller means the flames of war eli sodan liekkien syövän suomaan which is physically impossible