Finland's president isn't sure where President Donald Trump got the idea that raking is part of his country's routine for managing its substantial forests.
Trump told reporters Saturday while visiting the ruins of the Northern California town where a fire killed at least 76 people that wildfires weren't a problem in Finland because crews 'spend a lot of time on raking and cleaning and doing things' to clear forest floors.
'And they don't have any problem. And when it is, it's a very small problem,' Trump added.
Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said in an interview published Sunday in the Ilta-Sanomat newspaper that he spoke briefly with Trump about forest management on November 11, when they both were in Paris for Armistice Day events.
Niinisto said their conversation focused on the California wildfires and the surveillance system Finland uses to monitor forests for fires.
President Donald Trump said Sunday while visiting the ruins of Paradise where a fire killed at least 76 people that wildfires weren't a problem in Finland because crews 'spend a lot of time on raking and cleaning and doing things' to clear forest floors
Finnish President Sauli Niinisto (right) said in an interview that he spoke briefly with Trump about forest management on November 11, when they both were in Paris for Armistice Day events, but doesn't recall mentioning anything about raking
He said he told Trump that 'we take care of our forests,' but couldn't recall raking coming up.
Trump's comment generated amusement on social media in Finland, which manages its vast forests with scientific seriousness.
Several people took to Twitter to share photos of themselves raking piles of leaves.
'Just an ordinary day in the Finnish forest,' one user wrote.
Another shared: 'Just finished a whole day raking in the forest. Hopefully, that will prevent a fire.
Forests cover over 70 per cent of Finland's 338,000 square kilometers.
The Nordic country with a population of 5.5 million is home to some of the world's biggest paper and pulp companies.
Trump's remarks on Saturday came shortly after he added insult to his handling of the California wildfires by wrongly referring to the name of Paradise, a town ruined by the blazes as 'Pleasure', during the same news conference.
The President fumbled the name twice, even remarking: 'What we saw at Pleasure … what a name, right now.'
Trump's comment generated amusement on social media in Finland, which manages its vast forests with scientific seriousness
Several people took to Twitter to share photos of themselves raking piles of leaves
'What we saw. We just left Pleasure …' he began before several people chimed in to correct the 72-year-old.
Trump had joined Governor Jerry Brown and Governor-elect Gavin Newsom for the somber outing.
Despite more than 1,276 people still unaccounted for in the Camp Fire - which has burned over 149,500 acres in Northern California - and at least 77 people being been killed, Trump didn't seem particularly apologetic about messing up.
CBS News reported how he flippantly continued as if nothing had happened before finally getting it right: 'Or Paradise. And what we just saw at Paradise is just – it's just not acceptable.'
In Southern California's Woolsey Fire at least three people have died.
The president also visited devastated Malibu but declined to comment on whether climate change specifically was behind the wildfires.
He said there were 'a lot of factors' after telling Fox News Sunday in an interview recorded Friday: 'Maybe it contributes a little bit. The big problem we have is management.'
Seemingly placing the blame once more he insensitively said about seeing firefighters clearing dried brush: 'This should have been all raked out.'
Trump's remarks on Saturday came shortly after he added insult to his handling of the California wildfires by wrongly referring to the name of Paradise, a town ruined by the blazes as 'Pleasure', during the same news conference. He's pictured with Gov Jerry Brown
Trump flippantly continued before finally getting it right, sating: 'Or Paradise'
Trump's (center) trip to the Golden state came after he had controversially blamed mismanagement of the forests and threatened to pull money when the wildfires were at their most rampant phase
The president had previously threatened to pull money when the wildfires were at their most rampant phase
His trip to the Golden state came after he had controversially blamed mismanagement of the forests and threatened to pull money when the wildfires were at their most rampant phase.
'There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor,' he wrote on Twitter November 10.
'Billions of dollars are given each year, with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of the forests. Remedy now, or no more Fed payments!'
Governor Brown said Saturday the economic damage was 'tens of billions'.
He added that Trump had changed his tune after previously sparking anxiety with his power to halt funds that could significantly help.
'The president not only has signed a presidential declaration giving California substantial funding, but he said and pledged very specifically to continue to help us, that he's got our back,' Brown said on CBS' Face the Nation Sunday. 'And I thought that was a very positive thing.'
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