Trump Jeered Over Non-existent Sweden Terror Incident

By Concise News Correspondent

US President Donald Trump was speaking to supporters on Saturday when he apparently referred to Sweden as the site of a non-existent terror incident.

He was addressing a rally in Florida when he launched into a list of places that have been targeted by terrorists.

“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,” he said in an energetic stream-of-consciousness speech.

Trump was defending his order last month that blocked refugees and travellers from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States.

But the order has been suspended by a federal appeals court, and the US president vowed to introduce a new one this week as a means of protecting Americans at home.

He went on to name Brussels, Nice and Paris — European cities that have been struck by deadly terror attacks.

A Trump spokeswoman did not immediately respond to an AFP request early Sunday for clarification on the president’s comment.

Twitter users make fun of Trump

Users on Twitter, Trump’s favorite communication platform, cracked jokes about the apparent miscue using the hashtags #lastnightinSweden and #SwedenIncident.

Former Swedish prime minister Carl Bildt asked: “Sweden? Terror attack? What has he been smoking? Questions abound.”

Gunnar Hokmark, a Swedish member of the European Parliament, retweeted a post that said “#lastnightinSweden my son dropped his hotdog in the campfire. So sad!”

Hokmark added his own comment: “How could he know?”

Numerous internet wags responded with Ikea-themed tweets. Some posted photos of the impossible-to-understand instructions for assembling Ikea furniture, calling it “Secret Plans for the #SwedenIncident.”