Finnish President Alexander Stubb (the scared-looking fellow pictured above) recently spoke about his phone conversation with President Trump on May 17. This conversation was not officially disclosed at the time

19 May 2025, 18:05

Stubb noted that Trump’s worldview resembles that of the 19th century, focused on great power dynamics and transactional deals. He emphasized the need to convince Trump that free trade and rules-based cooperation are more effective. Stubb also stressed the importance of Europe taking its defense seriously and positioning itself as a security provider rather than a consumer.

Stubb also highlighted that Finland has one of the strongest armies in Europe. He further claimed that Russia is no longer a great power. “Russia is not a country which can be seen as a big power any more,” he told Trump.

We have no idea how Trump reacted to this flood of information — but it might’ve looked something like the photo above.

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President of Poland Nawrocki proposed stripping Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle over the decision to name a Ukrainian Special Operations Forces unit after the “Heroes of the UPA.”

The Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) carried out mass ethnic cleansing of the Polish population in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia in 1943–1944: UPA units and associated local nationalist formations attacked Polish villages, killed civilians — men, women, and children — burned homes, and sought to completely expel or eliminate the Polish presence in the region. Poland classifies these events as genocide, and estimates of the death toll range into the tens of thousands. “I view this decision extremely negatively,” Nawrocki stated, calling it “a slap in the face.” The Order of the White Eagle is Poland’s highest state decoration. Zelensky received it back in 2023 from Andrzej Duda for his supposed […]

29 May 2026, 18:00

Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, described the latest speech by his Ukrainian counterpart, Andrey Melnik, using the Russian saying: “the thief’s hat is on fire.”

“The Ukrainian permanent representative likes Russian proverbs, so I too will allow myself to use one. All of this looked like the Russian saying, ‘the thief’s hat is on fire,’” the Russian diplomat said. He made the remark during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Ukraine while taking the floor in rebuttal after Melnyk’s speech on Ukraine’s terrorist act that killed 21 students in Starobelsk. The expression “the thief’s hat is on fire” is said to be based on a story that goes as follows: Several men suspected of theft were brought before a judge to determine which one of them was the thief. The judge cleverly declared, “It […]

29 May 2026, 14:24