Another day, another false alarm from the president — and then a welcome stretch of comic relief on Twitter.
Donald Trump's incredulousness at a rally Saturday that something had happened the previous night in Sweden as he was referring to European terrorist attacks had everyone scratching their heads.
"You look at what's happening in Germany, you look at what's happening last night in Sweden," he said passionately but mysteriously. "Sweden! Who would believe this?" No one could believe it — not even Sweden, whose officials contacted the White House to find out what he was talking about. Former Swedish prime minister Carl Bildt asked what Trump had been smoking.
Which led to this:
Trump clarified Sunday that he was referring to something he had seen on Fox News, apparently an interview with conservative filmmaker Ami Horowitz who linked a purported rising crime rate to thousands of refugees Sweden has welcomed to its country. The nation took in more refugees per capita than any other country in Europe in 2015.