Finnish President Next to Trump

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Finnish President Next to Trump refers to jokes made about Finnish President Sauli Niinistö looking uncomfortable and awkward as he sat in the Oval Office while President Donald Trump had an angry combative Q&A with reporters amidst the ongoing impeachment inquiry.

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On October 2nd, 2019, President Trump met with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö at the White House Oval Office (shown below). During the press conference, Trump appeared agitated as reporters attempted to ask him questions about the ongoing impeachment inquiry he is under for soliciting help from Ukraine to investigate a political rival. Meanwhile, Niinistö seemed at times amused and uncomfortable while the event took place. The conference was streamed on CBS (shown below).

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While the conference was happening, Twitter users joked about Niinistö's demeanor next to the President. User @DogHatesBoots^[1] compared Niinistö to the character Jim from The Office, who would look directly at the camera in silly situations (shown below, left). User @AdamCBest tweeted, 'The President of Finland is like, “Hey, America, I think it’s time to put your toddler down for a nap.'" (shown below, right).

Other popular jokes include a post by @jbendery that gained over 1,100 retweets and 6,800 likes (shown below, left), and a post by @icecreamtony that gained over 120 retweets and 530 likes (shown below, right). Jokes about the Finnish president were covered by The Huffington Post.^[2]

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