The former Prime Minister of Sweden wants to know what Trump has been smoking, and he’s not the only one.
Sweden? Terror attack? What has he been smoking? Questions abound. https://t.co/XWgw8Fz7tj
— Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) February 19, 2017
Bildt is talking about a line in Trump’s speech in Florida where he appears to refer to an attack in Sweden on Friday, but there was no such attack.
Here’s what Trump said:
Trump, discussing terror, seamlessly mentions incident “last night in Sweden”.
There was NO “incident” in Sweden last night. pic.twitter.com/XtcC4PRiNU
— Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) February 19, 2017
And now the Swedish Embassy wants to know what he was talking about:
The Swedish Embassy in Washington has reportedly contacted the State Department asking for clarification on President Trump’s comments suggesting an incident had occurred Friday night in Sweden.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Catarina Axelsson told The Associated Press that the government didn’t know of any “terror-linked major incidents.”
Sweden’s security police spokesman Karl Melin also said nothing had occurred that would “cause us to raise” the terror threat level in the country.
Liberals are getting snarky on Twitter:
— cecilia udden (@ceciliauddenm) February 19, 2017
Donald Trump's office releases footage of appalling terror attack in Sweden #lastnightinsweden pic.twitter.com/prW9SxJEnJ
— Paul Kavanagh (@weegingerdug) February 19, 2017
Sweden reading Trump's speech right now pic.twitter.com/T2MX4GdTpw
— Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) February 19, 2017
Trump: I'm sorry for your loss. We stand with Sweden at this difficult time.
Norwegian Ambassador: I'm from Oslo.
Trump: Today, we all are.— hrtbps (@hrtbps) February 19, 2017
@Lawrence_ben74 @SteveKopack On #swedenincident unclear to us what President Trump was referring to, have asked US officials for explanation
— Embassy of Sweden US (@SwedeninUSA) February 19, 2017
But, his followers swear that he’s playing “4-dimensional chess” and fooled the press and now they’re playing into his hands. It’s the same thing over and over and over again. And it’s not going to stop. For four years.