Presidente Trumpo was ridiculed by the left for implying that there had been an attack in Sweden on Friday when there wasn’t. Even the former Prime Minister of Sweden got in on the action. Y0u can see video of what he said in the Florida speech here.
This is how he explained why he said what he said about Sweden today:
My statement as to what's happening in Sweden was in reference to a story that was broadcast on @FoxNews concerning immigrants & Sweden.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 19, 2017
Earlier:
NEW: @SHSanders45 re POTUS&Sweden: “He was talking about rising crime&recent incidents in general, and not referring to a specific incident”
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) February 19, 2017
Sarah Sanders is the White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary.
.@SHSanders45: “I don’t think that was meant to be last night…he was referring to a report he had seen the previous night"
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) February 19, 2017
Here’s the report he’s talking about:
So… the audience should have known that he was talking about a report on Fox News about the Swedish government hiding Muslim crime statistics? Well OK then.
The Swedes were very nice about it:
We look forward to informing the US administration about Swedish immigration and integration policies. https://t.co/x5G3euOWRh
— Embassy of Sweden US (@SwedeninUSA) February 19, 2017
Consider this an open thread.