Donald Trump’s wildest claims about foreign countries

Finns baffled by US president’s assertion that they spend their time raking and cleaning forests

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The people of Finland have taken Donald Trump to task after the US president claimed the Nordic nation rarely has forest fires because its inhabitants “spend a lot of time raking and cleaning”.

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