This week, Finnish President Alexander Stubb found himself at the seat of world leaders at the White House, discussing the best route to peace in Ukraine.
How? He mastered the art of befriending Trump.
Tamara Cohen chats to former political adviser in the Finnish government, Joel Linnainmäki, and former diplomat at the Danish embassy in Washington during Trump's first term, Jonas Parello-Plesner, about Stubb's trajectory in the lead up to this huge political moment.
Producers: Emma Rae Woodhouse, Evan Hall and Emily Hulme
Editors: Mike Bovill and Philly Beaumont