Speaking before a raucous, enthusiastic and cheering crowd in Melbourne, Trump said "we've got to keep our country safe."
“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 said. “You look at what’s happening in Brussels, you look at what’s happening all over the world. Take a look at Nice, take a look at Paris.”
On Twitter, Swedes seemed confused.
“Ask your president what happened in Sweden yesterday,” Jens Lennarttson tweeted. “We missed it.”
Soon, #LastNightInSweden and #swedenincident began to trend on Twitter. People started tweeting to @Sweden, which is run by a different citizen each week, for answers. School librarian Emma Johansson was at the controls during Trump’s speech, and she assured tweeters that all was well in Sweden.
Trump, discussing terror, seamlessly mentions incident "last night in Sweden".
— Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) February 19, 2017
There was NO "incident" in Sweden last night. pic.twitter.com/XtcC4PRiNU
No. Nothing has happened here in Sweden. There has not ben any terrorist attacks here. At all. The main news right now is about Melfest. ->
— @sweden / Emma (@sweden) February 19, 2017
-> What Trump might be referring to is an interview done in Foxe News where a documentary film maker, Ami Horowitz, talks about Sweden ->
— @sweden / Emma (@sweden) February 19, 2017
-> and he to missunderstanding how things work here. So it's incorrect information on top of incorrect information.
— @sweden / Emma (@sweden) February 19, 2017
Johansson was referencing an interview that Fox News host Tucker Carlson ran on Friday night's broadcast of "Tucker Carlson Tonight" with documentarian and media personality Ami Horowitz, who presented a clip from a new film documenting alleged violence committed by refugees in Sweden. The segment went on extensively about a supposed crime surge in Sweden and its links to immigrant populations, Business Insider reported.
Johansson later said she compiled several tweets and provided a link to them.
I repeat, please read this tweets I made on it, they're linked: https://t.co/22ocf6vzJF https://t.co/4BLUhxjGYe
— @sweden / Emma (@sweden) February 19, 2017
Terrible news about the events in the #swedenincident. Really hope the country pulls together in this difficult time #areABBAsafe
— Paul (@paul_jenkins) February 19, 2017
Hello USA. We are a little confused over here in Sweden. Ask your president what happened in Sweden yesterday? We missed it.
— Jens Lennartsson (@JensLennartsson) February 19, 2017
As night turned to morning in Scandanavia, some Swedes used sarcasm to assure the rest of the world that all was well in their country.
#lastnightinsweden the king had to personally ride in on his noble steed to save us all! pic.twitter.com/3egRUWyzwU
— Sarah Stardust (@SillySarahbelle) February 19, 2017
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