February 20, 2017
LAUGHINGSTOCK:
'JeSuisIkea': Donald Trump's comments confuse Swedes as supporters cry cover-up (Bonnie Malkin, 20 February 2017, The Guardian)
[T]here is little evidence that the nation is suffering under a migrant-led crime wave. In fact, the most pressing issue in Sweden at the moment is apparently who will become the nation's Eurovision entrant. [...]Margot Wallström, the Swedish foreign minister, tweeted an extract of the country's foreign policy declaration for 2017 which talks about Oxford Dictionaries declaring the term "post-truth" its international word of the year.The Swedes were not alone in their confusion and bemusement - Twitter spawned the hashtags #IStandWithSweden and #jesuisIKEA.
Posted by Orrin Judd at February 20, 2017 6:20 AM