US President Donald Trump did a ‘campaign event’ in Melbourne, Florida overnight, which included him forgoing a tie for more of a ‘casual potato’ kind of look, and using Air Force One as a background prop (which he promised he would not do).
It also included Trump telling his audience and the world that Sweden had just been the victim of an awful terror attack, the reason for which he pinpointed as being due to their intake of refugees from the Middle East.
He told the crowd,
“You look at what’s happening in Germany, you look at what’s happening last night in Sweden … Sweden! Who would believe this? Sweden …They took in large numbers. They’re having problems like they never thought possible.”
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
The only problem is, that Sweden hasn’t had a terror attack. Like, literally nothing has happened in Sweden. There’s been no media reports or government agencies who have posted about an alleged terror attack.
Sweden is extremely confused. Poor Sweden.
Former Prime Minister of Sweden Carl Bildt even tweeted asking what in the ever-loving hell the old mate’s been smoking to come to such a conclusion:
Sweden? Terror attack? What has he been smoking? Questions abound. https://t.co/XWgw8Fz7tj
— Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) February 19, 2017
Questions do indeed abound.
However, information is now emerging from the US that there was actually a television program of some kind on last night. Some reports state there was a fictional documentary-style film in which a terrorist incident occurred in Sweden.
Other reports say that on that particular night, FOX News‘ Tucker Carlson show aired a piece about documentary maker Ami Horowitz, and a film he’d made about the effect of immigration on Sweden.
In the documentary, it links the rise in crime to immigration and refugee intake, alleging that the government tries to cover up the link.
So… um, yeah. It looks a lot like El Trumpo saw something on television, thought it was real, and then told millions of people about it in a highly-publicised campaign speech. COOL.
It certainly ain’t the first time he and his government have used some heavy creative license or quoted things they’ve seen on TV as legitimate intelligence briefings, and it likely won’t be the last.
Previous to the Sweden gaffe, Trump told the crowd that he held the event to be around “among my friends and among the people”:
“I also want to speak to you without the filter of the fake news.”
The Swedish Embassy has now requested clarification from the US State Department, confirming there was absolutely no high-profile events on the evening Trump spoke of and that the country’s last high-profile terror attack was in 2010.
Hang on everyone – it’s gonna be a bumpy ride. In the meantime, please see these two extremely good IKEA tweets about the aforementioned incident:
Uncovered: the plans for the terrorist attack in #Sweden last night. RT because the fake news MSM wont report it! #swedenincident pic.twitter.com/EMh1FmsFac
— Liora Yukla (@LiogaYukla) February 19, 2017
After the terrible events #lastnightinSweden , IKEA have sold out of this: pic.twitter.com/Bs1XI7ffKG
— Jeanna Skinner (@JeannaLStars) February 19, 2017
Source: 9 News.
Photo: Joe Raedle / Getty.
