What can the new ‘Trump whisperer’ from Finland do for Ukraine?

The heavy delegation of European leaders that goes today

He built a good relationship with the American president, among other things by playing a game of golf together. Moreover, the Finn knows how to deal with aggressor Russia. Can the history of his country serve as an example for Ukraine?

de Delegation from Europe today pulls everything out of the closet to convince Trump on the side of Ukraine. European Commission President von der Leyen and NATO boss Rutte go to Washington), together with France. (Macron), Germany (Merz), Italy (Meloni) and therefore Finland.

The Northern European country has only 5.5 million inhabitants and is a small player on the geopolitical world stage. Yet last week Stubb was also allowed Participate in the meeting between European Government Leaders in the entry room and Poetin in Poetin and Poetin in Poetin.

Modern diplomacy

The roots of the diplomatic bond between Trump and the Liberal-Conservative Finn are on the golf course. A sport that Stubb has mastered, agreed Trump after they had played a game in America in March. When CNN asked the Finn what they had discussed while playing, he replied: “What happens on the golf course remains on the golf course.”

Later he admitted that the conversations were about the Russian aggression in Ukraine. “You can have normal diplomatic conversations in situations like this. That is the task of presidents.”

It is diplomacy in 2025 that entitles Stubb the title ‘Trump whisperer’. Earlier, NATO boss Rutte was also so mentioned after he deducted Trump with compliments in an Bond mate.

Also during the funeral of the Pope in April, Stubb and Trump spoke to each other. Shortly after that funeral, Trump threatened with sanctions such as Moscow would not agree with a ceasefire in Ukraine. It confirmed the suspicion of geopolitical analysts: Trump listens to Stubb.

The presidents have a common interest, says Charly Salonius-Pasternak of the Finnish geopolitical think tank Nordic West Office. Namely: peace in Ukraine. Where Trump Aast at a Nobel Prize, Stubb is driven by idealism. “If he can mean something in the background so that there is a truce or peace, he doesn’t have to be a praise for that.”

Finland as a blueprint for Ukraine?

Stubb knows how to deal with Russia. Not only because it is its neighboring country, also because Finland was in a similar position as Ukraine now.

In the 40s, Finland waged war with the Soviet Union. He then finished Finland agreed to submit around 10 percent of its own territory.

Giving up a country felt unfair, says Salonius-Pasternak, yet most Finns with the knowledge of today are happy that they did it. Their country remained independent and sovereign. “Sometimes you have to make difficult compromises, the Finns think. The other solution was occupation by the Soviet Union.”

Part of the Vredesdeal from the 40s was that Finland would remain neutral. Formally that happened for a long time, until the country joined NATO in 2022.

The situations of Finland then and Ukraine cannot be compared one on one, yet themes such as territorial concessions and security guarantees are now at stake. President Zensky does not want to give up territory and still hopes for NATO membership.

Donbas region

But Last weekend it seems to have been a part of the requirements of poetin. Putin would have proposed that Ukraine withdraws from the Donbas and The New York Times writes that Tru