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Saara Huhtasaari wrote that Sanna Marin had been in Italy promoting her book and told Corriere della Sera that she would likely not run for office unless Russia attacked Finland. In that case, according to Huhtasaari, Marin would have said she was available. Huhtasaari interpreted the statement as positioning herself rather than expressing a willingness to be a victim. According to her, Marin implied that conventional political work did not match her capabilities and that only a crisis threatening Finland's existence would be a sufficiently significant task. Huhtasaari compared this to the scale of historical leaders such as Kekkonen, Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela, Lee Kuan Yew, and George Washington, using the metaphor of the "Napoleon syndrome" to describe the phenomenon. She specified that she did not mean it as a diagnosis. Huhtasaari also criticized the contradiction between Marin's book discussing hope and the self-image conveyed in the interview. She argued that the role of politics was to build structures that functioned without a single politician. As examples of such builders, she mentioned Lee Kuan Yew, who influenced Singapore's development, and Mart Laar, who made economic and institutional decisions in post-independence Estonia. Huhtasaari believed that there had not been similar builders in Finland for decades and that Marin did not belong to their ranks. According to Huhtasaari, statesmen did not announce in advance when they would return to politics, but either did their job or stepped aside. She criticized Marin for traveling to present her book, which discussed decisions made behind closed doors, and for associating a potential return with Russia's attack. Huhtasaari described this as a fantasy of seeing herself as a historical exception. #SannaMarin #Politiikka #Historia (translated)

Henri Vanhanen criticized Donald Trump's actions in the Ukraine war, noting that he declared agreements about which there was uncertainty, while pressuring Ukraine in a way that benefited Vladimir Putin. As a recent example, Vanhanen pointed to Trump’s announced energy ceasefire. According to him, Volodymyr Zelensky heard about it practically for the first time from the media, Russia had not confirmed the agreement, and continued, according to Zelensky, attacks on Ukraine's power plants. Vanhanen asked what kind of ceasefire it was if the other party did not know what had been agreed upon. He suggested that Zelensky had to be cautious of Trump’s criticism to avoid being blamed for obstructing peace. Vanhanen referred to the Financial Times reporting that the United States threatened to cut off arms and intelligence supplies to Ukraine unless the country stopped attacks on Russian energy infrastructure. He also wrote that Trump agreed to buy Russian diesel, demanded Ukraine to cease attacks on Russian oil refineries, and encouraged a change of leadership in Ukraine. Vanhanen estimated that the war in Iran and the resulting fuel prices, the upcoming midterm elections, and the need to show results might explain Trump’s urgency to secure an agreement. According to him, Trump aimed for cheaper diesel and a visible peace political achievement, while Putin would benefit from a decrease in attacks on Russia’s energy sector. Vanhanen noted that the alignment of these goals seemed to occur at Ukraine’s expense. Vanhanen stated that he did not oppose a ceasefire if it protected Ukrainians and also bound Russia. However, he observed that for Trump, merely declaring an agreement seemed to suffice, even without information about its terms or Russia's commitment. Vanhanen assessed that Russia would benefit from a situation in which the United States sought a quick agreement and Ukraine was cautious not to offend Trump. In such conditions, he believed Putin could gain concessions from Trump without Russia needing to win against Ukraine at the negotiating table. #Ukraina #Trump #Venäjä (translated)

Riku Ranta wrote that he thought Marin would have understood that she had been a good politician for a time and aimed for her own career. According to him, however, Marin seemed to consider herself a wartime stateswoman. https://t.co/lyvYjZbOxh #politiikka #ajatukset #Suomi (translated)

Tuomo Saarni asked the True Finns and the National Coalition Party whether this was a proposal that had taken three and a half years to refine. He mentioned that he was desperate about the actions of the right-wing parties and claimed that even a shouting vote held in X would produce better laws. Saarni urged the parties to be ashamed and added that, in his opinion, they would not know how to do that. https://t.co/RjxK41JfOx #politiikka #Suomi #kansalaiset (translated)

Saarelainen wrote that he had been a bit annoyed with the Turks during the membership process and had wondered about their actions. Since then, he had come to the conclusion that the delays in the process were not due to the Turks but rather to their own friendly actors. #Turkki #jäsenyys #prosessi (translated)

Tuulia Alanko wrote that the imam's statement about Finnish law applying to Muslims did not, in her opinion, answer the question of the status of sharia law nor did it exclude the possibility of considering it important. She described the response as misleading. Alanko claimed that Aw-Musse had not distanced himself from sharia law or the idea of separate sharia courts in Finland. She suggested that this was related to both the imam's role and the fact that messages pleasing to Finns might be beneficial in the long term. According to Alanko, Aw-Musse could have directly stated that he did not want to replace Finnish laws with an Islamic legal system. Alanko finally referred to Jari Sarasvuo's statement that sharia or a parallel culture was not needed in Finland. #Suomi #Islam #Šaria (translated)

Suvi-Anne Siimes wrote that, according to her, the state of Israel was very internally divided after the events of October 7, 2023, and the country's security situation was weaker than it had been in a long time. She noted that there was no reason to raise a hat for the situations in Gaza and the West Bank, and asked what she would miss from the media. https://t.co/EsSooQA6Tm #IsraelinTilanne #Turvallisuus #Media (translated)

Mikael Lith wrote that, in his opinion, the center of Helsinki has become more unpleasant in recent years, especially on weekend evenings. He described loud and swearing groups of people, individuals under the influence of substances, and rundown places. According to Lith, there was an increasing need for police and security guards, and he estimated that it wouldn't be long before Helsinki would become Finland's Birmingham. #Helsinki #yhteiskunta #kulttuuri (translated)

Otto Meri criticized the cuts to the prosecution service and compared them to the tax-free dividends of trade unions, the tens of millions granted in corporate support to publicly traded companies, and the hundreds of millions in development aid. According to Meri, the handling of a typical criminal case could already take up to five years, and the cuts would further prolong legal proceedings. He assessed that this would particularly increase the uncertainty of crime victims. Meri considered the realization of criminal responsibility to be one of the pillars of the rule of law and stated that the judiciary should be strengthened rather than weakened. He viewed the cuts as a wrong direction. #oikeusvaltio #rikosoikeus #yritystuet (translated)

Jarno Limnell wrote that the United States' purchases of Russian diesel would bring revenue to Russia's war chest. According to him, Donald Trump simultaneously demanded that Ukraine stop attacks on Russian oil refineries and change its president. Limnell assessed that this meant a significant change in the strategic situation of the war. #Venäjä #Ukraina #diplomatia (translated)

A match in Sweden had featured 11 second-half goals. Brommapojkarna led AIK 5-1 by the 70th minute, but AIK scored four times to make it 5-5 in 90+8. Brommapojkarna then scored in 90+9 to win 6-5, according to the account. https://t.co/iChQqW2Ups #Fotboll #Allsvenskan #Matchrapport (translated)