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BeckyDem

(8,361 posts) Sun Feb 19, 2017, 05:57 PM Feb 2017

Trump comment about immigration 'problems' baffles Sweden

World News | Sun Feb 19, 2017 | 4:24pm EST

Highlight. Swedish news sources made no mention of a recent terrorism attack or other high-profile crime in the country.

"Nothing spectacular happened in Sweden on Friday," wrote the Local, an English-language website in Sweden.

Fox News, a U.S. cable news channel that has sometimes been cited favorably by Trump, ran a report on Friday night about alleged migrant-related crime problems in the country.

Sweden's crime rate has fallen since 2005, official statistics show, even as the country has taken in hundreds of thousands of immigrants from war-torn countries like Syria and Iraq.

Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom appeared to respond to Trump's latest statement by posting on Twitter an excerpt of a recent speech in which she said democracy and diplomacy "require us to respect science, facts and the media."

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-sweden-idUSKBN15Y0QH

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Trump comment about immigration 'problems' baffles Sweden (Original Post) BeckyDem Feb 2017 OP

Some fascist alt-news source is saying that Sweden is having a crime wave because they Squinch Feb 2017 #1

Scary how lies and fear is what too many people believe. Its crazy time and Trump is saying to BeckyDem Feb 2017 #2

On a related note: homicides in Chicago vs. Germany Ezior Feb 2017 #3

Squinch

(50,977 posts)

1. Some fascist alt-news source is saying that Sweden is having a crime wave because they

Reply to BeckyDem (Original post)

Sun Feb 19, 2017, 07:51 PM

Feb 2017

have let in so many refugees.

My hairdresser was insisting this was the case the last time I was in the chair. I told her I had recently spent a good deal of time in Sweden and saw nothing of the sort. She absolutely would not believe my eyewitness account.

BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)

2. Scary how lies and fear is what too many people believe. Its crazy time and Trump is saying to

Reply to Squinch (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 19, 2017, 08:12 PM

Feb 2017

his base, believe me never the media. Bannon and Trump, two liars with dangerous ideas.

Ezior

(505 posts)

3. On a related note: homicides in Chicago vs. Germany

Reply to Squinch (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 19, 2017, 08:55 PM

Feb 2017

Chicago homicides 2016: 746
Germany homicides 2015: 589 (sorry, can't find numbers for 2016 yet – could be a little bit higher since we have more inhabitants now, and one of them killed 12, but I guess it's still less than 746)

http://www.dw.com/en/germany-has-become-safer/a-19444826

Thanks to our social security system. And maybe gun laws.
Remember that Germany has ~30x the number of inhabitants compared to Chicago.

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