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Wednesday 22 February 2017
Late night TV hosts on Trump's Sweden gaffe: 'never fjorget'
Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers took aim at the president’s latest
error, claiming he ‘only accepts intelligence reports with the logo ‘As
Seen on TV’’
Stephen Colbert talking about Trump’s fake Sweden news.
Photograph: YouTube
Guardian staff
Late-night hosts on Monday urged viewers to “never fjorget” a
non-existent terror attack in Sweden after Donald Trump seemed to
reference a made-up event at a campaign rally on Saturday.
Trump’s comment that people should “look at what’s happening last night in Sweden” led to confusion across Sweden, where no terror attacks had happened on Friday night.
Trump defended himself on Sunday, writing on Twitter that his comment
was a reference to a Fox News report, which claimed to show “refugee
violence in Sweden”. Swedish police quoted in the segment said their
comments were taken “out of context”.
“I guess Trump only accepts intelligence reports with the logo ‘As Seen on TV’,” said Stephen Colbert on The Late Show.
“Clearly, Trump believes everything he sees on TV is real, which
would explain his next tweet: ‘America is a disaster! Our girls are
broke! Our dead are walking! The pope’s too young! It’s a scandal!
#shameless.’
Colbert then highlighted that Sweden’s crime rate has been falling
since 2005. “In fact, experts say 90% of Swedish crime actually occurs
in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” Colbert said.
“Tragically, Sweden is the third not-a-terrorist attack that has not
shocked the world in the last month. First, there wasn’t the Bowling
Green massacre; then no one was lost in Atlanta. And now it’s not
Sweden’s turn. When will it begin? And just because this attack didn’t
happen, folks, doesn’t mean we don’t stand in solidarity with all the
people who did not suffer.”
Colbert continued to assail Trump for his blatant error in a video
tribute titled “Never Fjorget” which showcased Swedish products such as
Swedish Fish candy, Ikea and Abba.
He also broadcast a joke video claiming to feature a star-studded cast singing “We are all Sweden”. The Late Show failed to actually get any celebrities in the video.
Trump’s mistake about Sweden also figured centrally in Late Night with Seth Meyers.
“It turns out, what Trump was referring to was not a terror attack in
Sweden, but a segment he saw the night before on Fox News about
refugees in Sweden. So Trump literally saw something on Fox News and
confused it for reality,” Meyers said. “Next thing you know, he’s gonna
lament the terrible treatment of people with moderate-to-severe plaque
psoriasis.”
Meyers then shared a clip of a Swedish broadcaster saying people were “making jokes” about the mistake.
“That’s how bad things have gotten under Trump: we’re getting roasted
by Swedes now,” Meyers said. “The Swedish Chef is like, ‘Dude, even I
don’t understand a word you’re saying.’”
The Daily Show did not reference the Sweden incident and instead
looked back at Barack Obama’s presidency with clips and interviews from
past episodes. This week, the show will continue to review the transition of power, suggesting staff are on break this week.
But the show’s host, Trevor Noah, couldn’t ignore the Sweden debacle over the weekend:
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