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Home Front: Politix
Trump Causes Firestorm with Remark About 'Problems' in Sweden
2017-02-21
[INSIDER.FOXNEWS] Tucker Carlson reacted this morning after President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
mentioned the "problems" in Sweden caused by large numbers of refugees from the Middle East. The president's mention of Sweden, during his campaign rally Saturday in Florida, was immediately ridiculed, since there have been no terror attacks in Sweden.
Perhaps he was thinking about the four Afghan rapefugees who broadcast themselves in action on Facebook (maybe it was Fezbook).
It wasn't immediately clear during the remarks what Trump was referencing with regard to Sweden.
Or he may have been referencing the fact that Malmö is reported to be a No Infidels zone? Even the Red-Green pols have suggested using the military to stop the butchery.
Many news commentators bashed Trump after the rally and on Sunday shows, accusing him of trying to mislead people about a terror attack in Sweden.
8 Feb 2017: A police officer who broke ranks to reveal that migrants are to blame for the vast majority of serious crime in Sweden is now under investigation for incitement to racial hatred.
Trump then tweeted yesterday that the remark was based on a "Tucker Carlson Tonight" segment that aired Friday night.
Seven Arab men kidnapped a woman at gunpoint and raped her in the basement of a restaurant in Helsingborg.
In that report, filmmaker Ami Horowitz discussed the surge in crime, including rape, since Sweden began accepting large quantities of refugees.
But you can't really say that because a request for data detailing the relationship between crime and immigration in Sweden has been blocked by the government. There ain't no proof.
Horowitz accused Swedish officials of being in denial about the problems.
What problems?
Carlson joined "Fox & Friends" to discuss the fallout, first noting that all U.S. presidents should be "precise" with their words so people know exactly what point they're trying to make.
He was precise in that he was referring to "Sweden," not to "Europe" or "foreign countries."
But he said the media is ignoring the real story, which is the "massive social cost" and political backlash in European nations as a result of accepting large numbers of refugees.
14 Dec 2016 A Jewish-American documentary maker was punched, kicked, and choked by five migrants after entering a “no-go” zone in Stockholm, Sweden.
Carlson said nations like Sweden and La Belle France have tried "really hard" and spent a lot of money on integration efforts and it "hasn't worked very well."
11 Nov 2016 A promised crackdown in Sweden on illegal migrants has stalled, as police have agreed to stop asking landlords and communities to help track clandestine residents following complaints that border control emails made people feel “uneasy”.
"Good for Trump and good for anyone else who raises at least that question. Let's have an honest conversation about how you bring tons of people in and make them fully vested in your society. If they can't do it, how are we gonna do it?" he asked.
Posted by:Fred

#11  As Fred points out, I'd bet many 'Burgers heard Trump and thought, what this time?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2017-02-21 18:31  

#10  Former US Ambassador to Sweden, Azita Raji, (actual diplomatic title: "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary"), otoh, filibustered any connection to "refugees" and crime. Note that Ms. Raji, although a US Citizen (apparently through marriage) was born Iranian.
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562   2017-02-21 18:05  

#9  Watched the Tucker episode that "ignited" the "firestorm."

Swedish journocritter Anne-Sophie Naslund twisted herself into knots while attempting to toe the "company line" that crime statistics indicating positive refugee:crime correlations are a myth. It was almost as though her job depended upon her giving the proper rebuttals/answers.
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562   2017-02-21 18:05  

#8  test
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562   2017-02-21 17:51  

#7  a clash of cultures

Err, isn't that supposed to be referred to as "cultural enrichment"?
Posted by: gorb   2017-02-21 15:46  

#6  a clash of cultures

The poetic/popularist evocation of 'French Fry' doesn't change the potato origin.

These are transient thugs free-ranging in pastures of sheep.

Posted by: Skidmark   2017-02-21 13:07  

#5  They have been having increased crime problems for some time. Some of this crime increase can be attributed to a clash of cultures.
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-02-21 11:19  

#4  Maybe he was being prescient.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2017-02-21 11:07  

#3  Another product of Fake News and its consequences.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-02-21 08:07  

#2  Now they're confusing refugees/immigrants with terrorists?

The only problems that count are terrorist attacks?

So the U.S. does not have a border drug problem because the cartels haven't flow airliners into San Diego buildings?
Posted by: Bobby   2017-02-21 07:45  

#1  Trump has drawn attention to a problem Sweden tries to pretend doesn't exist. I can't see how this doesn't end badly for Sweden.
Posted by: phil_b   2017-02-21 01:02  

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