Finnish expert deciphers Trump statements: You're talking to Russians with gangster language, they understand that.

A political expert in Finland has dismissed the idea that future US President Donald Trump's speeches are gifts to Vladimir Putin.

Jouri Lavikainen, a researcher at the Finnish Foreign Policy Institute, talking about Trump's statements to the Panama Canal, Greenland and Canada, said he would initially expect something more concrete from Trump, such as fees on Denmark. For now, it's all about psychology”.

Lavikainen says the Russians understand exactly what Trump is talking about.

The Russians understand even better than the West what Trump is trying to achieve with his speeches like this”, Lavikainen says.

This kind of policy similar to gangsters is so familiar to Russians”, he adds.

The Russian policy principle is war in Ukraine and this has nothing to do with this”, Lavikainen points out away.

On the eve of its inauguration, Trump has once again hinted at buying Greenland and Panama Canal for the United States for <x0 economic security”, writes Helsingin Sanomat.

At a media conference Tuesday, Trump said he would not rule out military actions or economic sanctions to achieve his goals.

Lavikaine also spoke of the message being sent to Europeans.

He confirmed that the incident is a “insight into how distrust of the United States is strengthening in Europe during the era of Trump”.

The Finnish scholar believes the situation could even turn into a defeat for Russia.

“Trump can succeed in intimidating European countries to strengthen their defence skills. In that case, the final result will be that NATO will be strengthened, with the involvement of the United States as well. ”

According to Lavikainen, Trump's speeches promote the same policy as it is and the Sundo that Russia has traditionally followed towards NATO.

“Trump is blackmailing his allies because he wants them to do more and, above all, buy guns from Americans”.