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Even Sweden is Laughing at Us
The Swedish are not known for their sense of humor. But, when Donald Trump made up a terrorist attack in Sweden, it was too much.
Former Swedish prime minister asks: What has Trump been smoking?
Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt early Sunday mocked President Trump after Trump pointed to an incident “last night” in Sweden to defend his travel ban.
“Sweden? Terror attack? What has he been smoking? Questions abound,” Bildt tweeted.
Trump during a campaign-style rally in on Saturday in Florida mentioned Germany and Sweden while defending his travel ban, which has been put on hold by a judge in Seattle, specifically “what’s happening last night in Sweden.”
“When you look at what’s happening in Germany, when you look at what’s happening last night in Sweden - Sweden!" he said. "Who would believe this? Sweden! They took in large numbers, they’re having problems like they never thought possible.”
The president did not provide details, although some on social media pointed to an interview Friday night on Fox News with a documentarian who examined violence allegedly committed by refugees in Sweden.
Bildt later retweeted a post showing a photo of the “Swedish Chef” Muppet, who is purportedly “sought for the terror attack.”
BREAKING NEWS. Swedish police have released picture of the man sought for the terror attack #lastnightinsweden #swedenincident #TrumpRally
The hashtag #swedenincident was also trending on Twitter early Sunday morning.
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"Alternate facts" -- the man never learns that people ACTUALLY CHECK INTO WHAT he SAYS !
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This would be kinda funny if it wasn't for the fact that Trump is the president of the United States.
The guy is clueless.
Swedes scratch heads at Trump's suggestion of major incident
HELSINKI (AP) — Swedes have been scratching their heads and ridiculing President Donald Trump's remarks that suggested a major incident had happened in the Scandinavian country.
During a rally in Florida on Saturday, Trump said "look what's happening last night in Sweden" as he alluded to past terror attacks in Europe. It wasn't clear what he was referring to and there were no high-profile situations reported in Sweden on Friday night.
The comment prompted a barrage of social media reaction on Sunday, with hundreds of tweets, and a local newspaper published a list of events that happened on Friday that appeared to have no connections to any terror-like activity.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Catarina Axelsson said that the government wasn't aware of any "terror-linked major incidents." Sweden's Security Police said it had no reason to change the terror threat level.
"Nothing has occurred which would cause us to raise that level," agency spokesman Karl Melin said.
Former Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt tweeted , "Sweden? Terror attack? What has he been smoking? Questions abound."
The Aftonbladet tabloid addressed Trump in an article Sunday, "This happened in Sweden Friday night, Mr President," and listed in English some events that had happened in Sweden, including a man being treated for severe burns, an avalanche warning and police chasing a drunken driver.
One Twitter user said "After the terrible events #lastnightinSweden, IKEA have sold out of this" and posted a mock Ikea instruction manual on how to build a "Border Wall," saying the pieces had sold out.
Sweden, which has a long reputation for welcoming refugees and migrants, had a record 163,000 asylum applications in 2015 and it has since cut back on the number it annually accepts. Its most recent attack was in the capital, Stockholm, in December 2010, when an Iraqi-born Swede detonated two devices, including one that killed him but no one else.
At the rally, Trump told his followers to look what was happening in Germany, and also mentioned Paris, Brussels and Nice, in apparent reference to the terror attacks there. He didn't specify what was supposed to have happened in Sweden, simply saying "Sweden, who would believe this, Sweden."
Over the past few weeks, Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway has also referred to a "Bowling Green Massacre" that never occurred, and she was caught up in a public feud with CNN.
It's going to be an interesting 4 years.
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Atlanta, Bowling Green, now Sweden.
Boy, you'd think that Trump could at least protect us from imaginary terrorist attacks.
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Goose wrote:
Atlanta, Bowling Green, now Sweden.
Boy, you'd think that Trump could at least protect us from imaginary terrorist attacks.
He looks every day more and more like a fool (along with his advisors).
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Wait a minute . . . Trump clarified his remarks about Sweden:
"My statement as to what's happening in Sweden was in reference to a story that was broadcast on @FoxNews concerning immigrants & Sweden," Trump said in a tweet on Sunday.
Fox News, a U.S. cable news channel that has sometimes been cited favorably by Trump, ran a report on Friday night about alleged migrant-related crime problems in the country.
A White House spokeswoman told reporters on Sunday that Trump had been referring generally to rising crime and not a specific incident in the Scandinavian country.
Sweden's crime rate has fallen since 2005, official statistics show, even as the country has taken in hundreds of thousands of immigrants from war-torn countries like Syria and Iraq.
Trump's comment confounded Sweden's government. "We are trying to get clarity," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Catarina Axelsson said.
It was clear as mud, but it covered de groun'.
It's going too be an interesting 4 years.
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The Former US ambassador to Sweden just appeared on CNN.
He says that Studies show there is "absolutely no link" between immigration and crime in Sweden.
Imagine that
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