Trump ‘running out of patience’ with Putin over Ukraine ceasefire, says Finnish president

Guardian UK ^ | 3/30/2025 | Patrick Wintour

[marcusmaximus]

Donald Trump is losing patience with Vladimir Putin’s stalling tactics over the Ukraine ceasefire, the Finnish president, Alexander Stubb, said after spending nine hours with the US president – including winning a golf competition with him at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Saturday.

Stubb, who also spent two days with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, last week in Helsinki suggested in a Guardian interview a plan for a deadline of 20 April, by which time Putin should be required to comply with a full ceasefire.

Stubb pointed out that a third golf partner on Saturday, the Republican senator Lindsey Graham, already has a bill in the US Senate proposing what he has described as “bone-breaking” US sanctions on Russia if it did not accept an unconditional ceasefire.

The round of golf diplomacy seemed to make a positive impression on Trump, who wrote afterwards on his Truth Social platform: “I just played a round of Golf with Alexander Stubb, President of Finland. He is a very good player, and we won the Men’s Member-Guest Golf Tournament at Trump International Golf Club in Palm Beach County …

[kiryandil]

a TWO-liner troll.

wildcard_redneck must have REALLY cheesed you off!

Check your Special Bavarian Cream Sock - your mom might have moved it.

[JonPreston]

that’s funny :P

[kiryandil]

Putin pissing off President Trump is not a smart thing to do. It’s stupidity, not negotiations.

What Kursk doink?

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

--- "...Finlanders caught the 300 pounds of ice? They drowned while cooking it up."

Heat a pan with oil. Stir fry. Et voilà.... Fried Ice!

[tsowellfan]

Clown marcus, this is called a negotiation

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Yes, so let’s not forget which one is OUR President

[Governor Dinwiddie]

How can you tell the difference between Peter Dinklage and Zelinsky? I can't.

I keep getting those two little fellas mixed up.

[marcusmaximus]

President Trump is going to b**ch slap Putin back across the Volga this week.

[kiryandil]

Did you hear about the two Finlanders who went to the drive-in to see "Closed For The Season"?

They froze to death.

[JonPreston]

Check your Special Bavarian Cream Sock

I hear he's loading up a mid-calf argyle.

[wildcard_redneck]

"Zelensky has agreed to everything President Trump had asked after that meeting."

Did you watch the video of the press conference? Zelinsky didn't agree to anything and Trump had to kick his little ass out of the White House for being rude. Buh-bye!

There are three possibilities explaining your answer. You're either lying or you're rather stupid.

[kiryandil]

  

[kiryandil]

Take a load off, Fanny.

Take a load for free.

Take a load off, Fanny.
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And...And...And. you put the load right in your Special Ukraine Sock.

[crz]

Man, that ones so old my grandpa even told it.

[McGruff]

” the Finnish president, Alexander Stubb, said after spending nine hours with the US president”

Hear say.

[marcusmaximus]

That meeting was a month ago and Zelensky fell in line afterwards

President Trump calling out Putin’s nonsense was today.

This is going to be a very bad week for Putin for pissing off President Trump.

[kiryandil]

Hey - I was gonna ping you on the Finlander jokes, but I didn’t think you were around. :)

[crz]

Hey! What do you call 9 Finlanders and Maxipad standing in a circle holding hands?

[tsowellfan]

Betting on Putin instead of President Trump is a losing bet

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Nor is it Patriotic. I never bought Hillary’s claim that Trump and Putin are close friends. It’s been proven to be false. I don’t think anybody should buy into that deep state propaganda

[kiryandil]

This is going to be a very bad week for Putin for pissing off President Trump.

So, two Finlanders were walking down a back road, and they saw a guy in a boat out in the middle of a cornfield, fishing.

So Eino says to Toivo: "Hey, Toivo - we should go out and tell that guy that he ain't going to catch no fish out dere."

Then Toivo says: "Eino, you dummy! How are we going to get out dere - we ain't got a boat."

[kiryandil]

Dunno. :)