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   Rightist American Trump lovers are no longer safe in Fenno Scandia.   
      
      
   Finns dislike Trump even more than they dislike Putin   
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   TILAA SEURA   
   US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will   
   hold a summit in the Finnish capital, Helsinki, on 16 July.   
   US President Donald Trump (R) and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin   
   will hold a summit in the Finnish capital, Helsinki, on 16 July. ©   
   LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO / NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA AND NICHOLAS KAMM   
   A new survey commissioned by Finnish magazine Seura illustrates that over   
   90 percent of women in Finland have a negative attitude towards US   
   President Donald Trump.   
   Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are set to meet in Helsinki on Monday 16th   
   of July. Seura, one of the largest weekly magazines in Finland, went on to   
   examine how citizens view Presidents of the US and Russia prior to the   
   summit.   
      
   The results were crushing.   
      
   “Neither one of the leaders is liked here,” Research Director Juho Rahkonen   
   from Taloustutkimus says.   
      
   Taloustutkimus functions as part of WIN (The Worldwide Independent Network   
   of Market Research). The survey was carried out between 3rd and 4th of July   
   with over a thousand Finnish participants. The margin of error is ±3   
   percent.   
      
   Donald Trump antagonizing Finnish women   
   The chosen question stated, “What is your general viewpoint towards these   
   heads of state?” The participants were given five options to respond with,   
   varying from highly favorable to highly negative.   
      
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   The results for Donald Trump display an obvious lack of popularity. Only   
   six percent of Finns describe their attitudes towards Trump as favorable.   
   Respectively, the percentage of those with a negative viewpoint is 83.   
      
   “Finland is about to welcome a highly disliked President,” Juho Rahkonen   
   says.   
      
   Trump’s results also show a notable difference between men and women. Ten   
   percent of men view the US leader highly or reasonably favorable. The   
   equivalent number with women is three percent.   
      
   For 91 percent of women the standpoint towards Trump is negative.   
      
   “Trump has really antagonized Finnish feminists,” Rahkonen says.   
      
      
   © OTAVAMEDIA   
      
   Opinions on Vladimir Putin: Fairly negative   
      
   Putin also received a generally miserable appraisal: three out of four   
   Finns (76%) position Putin as a negative figure. What remarkably differs   
   between the attitudes of Finnish people is a “reasonably negative”   
   standpoint towards the leader of Russia, but a “highly negative” stance   
   towards Trump.   
      
   Another factor affecting Putin’s results is the age of the participants.   
   Over 40 percent of respondents under the age of 35 describe their views on   
   Putin as “highly negative”. The opinions of participants over the age of 50   
   are slightly more lenient.   
      
      
   © OTAVAMEDIA   
      
   “An exceptionally disliked leader”   
   Juho Rahkonen agrees that the results support old assumptions: “People tend   
   to divide others into good and bad. Once you’ve received that label, it   
   will remain.”   
      
   According to Rahkonen, the dislike towards Trump amongst Finns is   
   exceptionally deep.   
      
   “He can’t say or do anything that isn’t viewed bad and evil here. That’s   
   how bad his image is.”   
      
   In addition to Trump and Putin, the survey by Seura also examined opinions   
   on three other world leaders. The list included Chancellor of Germany   
   Angela Merkel, President of France Emmanuel Macron and leader of North   
   Korea, Kim Jong-un.   
      
   Results for the latter were solely negative.   
      
   Macron and Merkel enjoy popular support   
   Nearly half (43%) of the participants view Macron as neither positive nor   
   negative. Given that he has only held the office for over a year, Macron’s   
   accomplishments are yet to be seen.   
      
   “Angela Merkel, however, is liked here,” Juho Rahkonen says.   
      
   Nearly 60 percent of Finns rated the Chancellor of Germany as favorable.   
   Only 15 percent of the results were negative.   
      
   Demonstration set for summit day   
      
   On the day of the meeting, a group of activists will participate in a   
   Helsinki Calling march. The purpose of the demonstration is to support   
   human rights, democracy, peace and environmental work.   
      
   The organizers of the Helsinki Calling -event expect 15000 participants.   
   Among the speakers of the event are Purge author Sofi Oksanen and Member of   
   the European Parliament Heidi Hautala.   
      
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