Finland’s President: We Didn’t Talk About Raking

November 19, 2018 Donald Trump, Idiocracy

People in Finland have been left bemused after Donald Trump said the country’s use of “raking” techniques helped prevent forest fires. In an interview following Mr Trump’s comments, Finnish President Sauli Niinistö said he did not recall mentioning raking to the US leader. The comments prompted many Fins to post on social media mocking the idea that they raked forests, with many using the hashtags #haravointi, #FinnishRakingSeason and #RakingAmericaGreatAgain on Twitter.

Just an ordinary day in the Finnish forest ~ Ihan normipäivä suomalaisessa metsässä #Trump #forest #firesafety #raking #forestry #Finland #Finnish #CaliforniaFire #RakingAmericaGreatAgain #rakingtheforest #Suomi #haravointi #metsäpalot #rakingleaves pic.twitter.com/YOKA3D6C2K

— Pyry Luminen (@pyryluminen) November 18, 2018

Because I’m a Finn. #raking #haravointi pic.twitter.com/Uvbzx1sXHk

— Emmi Suomilammi (@EmmiSuo) November 18, 2018

The leaves haven’t all fallen yet, so I am raking the forest proactively #haravointi pic.twitter.com/7uNzQbMuOk

— Calvus Virginicus (@virginicus) November 18, 2018

Greetings from #Finland! Just finished raking leaves here.#RakeAmericaGreatAgain #RakeTheForest #Trump #SundayFunday #SundayMorning #rakenews #CaliforniaWildFires #ClimateChange #haravointi #metsänhoito #ilmastonmuutos #Suomi pic.twitter.com/vqD99kmUgj

— Kristiina Vahvaselkä (@TravelWithXtina) November 18, 2018

#haravointi
Oh bless your hearts you cute little Finns. It’s so quaint that you frolic among the elves while raking leaves. Here in Canada we have automated with our forest Roomba. The money we saved is going into building a border wall. Guess which border we’re walling off? pic.twitter.com/AvMltRT0x4

— Larry Gouge (@sunnyinsooke) November 19, 2018

Raking in the name of! #RakeNews #haravointi pic.twitter.com/COxJLBEkLv

— Timo ”Tinke” Halén (@tinkezione) November 18, 2018

Just this afternoon I was busy meeting my raking quota. #RakeNews #Finland #Haravointi pic.twitter.com/HLaHU0bimO

— Tarja van Veldhoven (@tarjuccia) November 19, 2018