Trump gets name of tragic town wrong and claims raking leaves stops wildfire
Trump visits the town of Paradise and we also have a good monitoring system and network.”
And Heikki Savolainen of the Finnish Forest Association said raking was not usually a forest-management measure, adding: “It belongs to yards and parks.” Under the hashtag MakeAmerica RakeAgain, wag Pyry Luminen posted a photo of herself vacuuming a forest floor in Finland. Another, Arto Aspfors, posed in a firefighter’s outfit while holding a rake, writing: “Not on my watch.” It came as Trump toured the fire-hit town of Paradise, but called it Pleasure.
At a news conference after his visit, he said: “Pleasure…what a name, right TALKS Finland’s Mr Niinisto now.” He then added: “We just left Pleasure,” before several people chimed in to correct him. Firefighters are continuing to battle the deadliest blaze in California’s history, which has claimed at least 77 lives with nearly 1,000 still missing. DONALD Trump looks like a forest chump after bungling the name of a town ravaged by wildfires – and claiming Finland avoids such blazes by raking leaves in its woods.
Finns mocked the blundering US President by posting photos of themselves cleaning forests, with the caption: “Raking America great again.”
Trump claimed Finnish leader Sauli Niinisto had talked to him about raking when they met in Paris for the Armistice centenary events as fires continued to devastate California.
Trump said: “I was with the president of Finland, and he said: ‘We’re a forest nation.’ And they spent a lot of time on raking and cleaning… and they don’t have any problem.”
However, his claims were dismissed as fake news.
Mr Niinisto denied any such conversation, saying: “I mentioned [to] him that Finland is a land covered by forests, soon HOOVERING UP LAUGHS Pyry Luminen mocks Trump by vacuuming in a forest, while Arto Aspfors stands guard in full firefighter gear with a rake, vowing: ‘Not on my watch’