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OOPS! FINLAND SKEWERS MORON DUMBASS trump CLOWN OVER HIS RAKE COMMENTS 'Make America Rake Again': Confusion in Finland over Trump's wildfire comments By Caroline Kelly, CNN Updated 8:32 PM ET, Mon November 19, 2018 cnn.com Internet rakes Trump's... Internet rakes Trump's solution to wildfires 02:00 (CNN)Finnish President Sauli Niinistö said in an interview published Sunday that although President Donald Trump claimed the European leader told him Finns rarely have forest fires because they "spend a lot of time raking," he doesn't recall discussing that with Trump when they met last weekend in Paris. Niinistö told the Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat, a CNN affiliate, that the subject of raking was never brought up in his conversations with Trump. He said that they did discuss the California wildfires when they met, and that he told Trump "we take care of our forests." The Finnish President told the newspaper that he intended to convey that although Finland is covered by forests, the nation has a good monitoring system which has helped to prevent catastrophic wildfires. He added that he only sees raking in his own yard, and surmised that raking perhaps came to Trump's mind after he saw firefighters raking some of the burned areas in California. Still, Trump mentioned raking while surveying the devastation in Northern California on Saturday. Asked about climate change, Trump says 'lot of factors' to blame for California wildfires "I was with the President of Finland and he said we have -- much different -- we are a forest nation. He called it a forest nation," Trump said. "And they spend a lot of time on raking and cleaning and doing things, and they don't have any problem. And when it is, it's a very small problem. So I know everybody's looking at that to that end." Trump also told Fox News' Chris Wallace during an interview last week that aired on "Fox News Sunday" that he saw firemen raking brush near the wildfires, and that doing so earlier could have prevented the fires. "I was watching the firemen the other day, and they were raking areas, they were raking areas where the fire was right over there," Trump said. "And they're raking ... little bushes, that you could see are totally dry, weeds. And they're raking them -- they're on fire." "That should have been all raked out and cleaned out," Trump added. "You wouldn't have the fire." Some on social media pointed to the difference in Finland and California's climates as a possible reason for differing approaches to forest management. Colin Hanks ?@ColinHanks · Nov 17, 2018 If he's so damn impressed with the swept floors of the forests of Finland someone tell him about their healthcare system Lorenzo Giannetti@thurgon And of course #Finland and #California have comparable climate and rain/snow precipitation levels. 39 10:43 PM - Nov 18, 2018 · Florence, Tuscany Twitter Ads info and privacy See Lorenzo Giannetti's other Tweets Twitter Ads info and privacy Bemused Finns also took to their accounts to mock the suggestion that raking forest floors was a national obligation. Stephen Sutton@Stippidoo Make America Rake Again. #MARA @realDonaldTrump #Finland 542 3:06 AM - Nov 18, 2018 · Helsinki, Finland 223 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy View image on Twitter Johanna Junttila@JunttilaJohanna Woke this Sunday morning to #RakeTheForest to prevent #CaliforniaFires from spreading here in Finland #RakeNews #forestnation 601 2:53 AM - Nov 18, 2018 163 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy View image on Twitter Tarja van Veldhoven@tarjuccia Just this afternoon I was busy meeting my raking quota. #RakeNews #Finland #Haravointi 6,436 5:08 PM - Nov 18, 2018 1,509 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy View this post on Instagram #rakingamericagreat #raking #finnishfirefighter #finnishforest #meanwhileinfinland #sumiainen #äänekoski #finland #husbands #haravointi#metsänhoito #autumn#novemberafternoon #weekendtrip #keskisuomi #centralfinland #california??#rakeamericagreatagain#rakenews A post shared by Antti (@anttisa_la) on Nov 18, 2018 at 5:09am PST View image on Twitter Meira Pappi@meirapap Off to perform my civic duty! #rakenews #Finland 530 2:11 AM - Nov 18, 2018 82 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy Donald J. Trump ?@realDonaldTrump · Nov 18, 2018 I will be interviewed by Chris Wallace on @FoxNews at 2:00 P.M. and 7:00 P.M. Enjoy! Aleksi Valavuori@Valavuori Good luck Mr Trump! Best raking regards from Finland! pic.twitter.com/xsV5qHZ1Jk 13.2K 10:34 AM - Nov 18, 2018 Twitter Ads info and privacy 5,498 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy View image on Twitter Arto Aspfors@aspfors Not on my watch! #Rakenews 2,059 3:32 AM - Nov 18, 2018 569 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy Some posted images of the Rake Group -- a real estate concern in Helsinki -- for tongue-in-cheek references to the comment. View image on Twitter Aapo Rautiainen@aaporau In central Helsinki, an illuminated sign reminds us of our duty to rake. #rakenews #finland #californiafires 673 12:53 PM - Nov 18, 2018 198 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy CNN's Gianluca Mezzofiore contributed to this story.