Donald Trump hasn't been quite so perky since the midterms, and has largely kept himself to himself aside from insulting France, calling the Meuller investigation "a disgrace to our nation" and bollocking Theresa May over Brexit and the trade agreements between America and the EU.

However, he seems to have rediscovered his mojo while feeling the good vibes at Paradise, the devastated northern California town where at least 77 people were killed in recent wildfires. He took the opportunity to start handing out gardening advice which he claimed the Finnish President had given him.

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"You look at other countries where they do it differently, and it's a whole different story," Trump told reporters during the visit. "I was with the president of Finland and he said: 'We have a much different… we're a forest nation.' And they spent a lot of time raking and cleaning and doing things, and they don't have any problem."

That's not quite how Finnish President Sauli Niinisto remembers their brief chat at the bit of the Armistice Day remembrance services which Trump actually turned up to: "I mentioned to him that Finland is a land covered by forests and we also have a good monitoring system and network."

It might be cheaper and easier to set up a task force armed with - let me check my gardener's almanac here - "raking and cleaning and doing things" than to recognise that it's linked to climate change, but it probably isn't a long-term solution. Then again, those marines Trump sent to kick their heels at the Mexico border before the midterms could probably lend a hand. Either way, it's been a gift to hashtag-based comedy, which had been in the doldrums before #rakenews and #rakeamericagreatagain gave it a shot in the arm.

And on top of that, here's Trump going in two-footed on an anthropomorphised bear who exists to prevent forest fires back in 2015.

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Who is paying for that tedious Smokey Bear commercial that is on all the time - enough already! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 8, 2015

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