Donald Trump appears to invent Sweden terror attack during Florida rally speech
#LastNightInSweden: celebrities and the Swedish mock Donald Trump's bizarre claims
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Donald Trump has baffled everyone from politicians to celebrities with the strange claims he made about Sweden over the weekend.
Although he has insisted his reference was to an as yet unidentified Fox News story, many have been left trying to figure out exactly what he meant.
"You look at what's happening last night in Sweden," Mr Trump said. "Sweden. Who would believe this? Sweden. They took in large numbers. They're having problems like they never thought possible."
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No incident occurred in Sweden and the country's baffled government asked the US State Department to explain.
"My statement as to what's happening in Sweden was in reference to a story that was broadcast on @FoxNews concerning immigrants & Sweden," Mr Trump said in a tweet on Sunday.
A White House spokeswoman told reporters after the incident that Mr Trump had been referring generally to rising crime and not a specific incident in the Scandinavian country, after Fox News linked reported rising crime rates in the country to immigration.
Of course, jokes and memes sprung up on social media and people sprang up to share their views about what on Earth happened in Sweden.
Chelsea Clinton made a joke
Of course, JK Rowling chimed in
The Swedish Embassy was confused about the allegations
@SwedeninUSA Can you please clarify what happened in your peaceful country last night that trump mentioned in his rally today?#trumprally
@fuadmb About #swedenincident #lastnightinsweden unclear to us what President Trump was referring to,have asked US officials for explanation
But then said said it would inform the Trump administration about the country's immigration policies
We look forward to informing the US administration about Swedish immigration and integration policies. twitter.com/realdonaldtrum…
The Swedish Foreign Minister tweeted about how 'fake news' was the phrase of 2017
På förekommen anledning. twitter.com/utrikesdep/sta…
Many IKEA jokes were made
After the terrible events #lastnightinSweden , IKEA have sold out of this:
ABBA was brought into it
In response to #lastnightinsweden, Sweden has deployed their elite force of Super Troupers.
This map released by Swedish government officials clearly shows that the bad guys had an escape plan #lastnightinsweden #theswedishincident
Did Swedish Chef go on a rampage?
Shocking video of last night in Sweden!#swedenincident #lastnightinsweden#swedenattack #trump #LiarInChief #fakenews #resist #resistance
Some shocking and awful things did happen in Sweden
#LastNightInSweden someone ordered two kebabs and a hamburger but never picked it up. Horrible scenes.
#lastnightinsweden: Free healthcare & education. Paid vacation & maternity leave. Democracy. Just the usual Scandinavian stuff....
Meanwhile in Sweden hoards of them are streaming over the border.#lastnightinSweden
Scenes of appalling despair #LastNightInSweden
