Trump Confirms: I Get My Intel From Fox News

February 19, 2017 Dumpster Fires, Trump Lies

The Hill reports:

President Trump sought to explain his reference to a nonexistent terrorism incident in Sweden at a rally Saturday night, pointing to a story from Fox News. “My statement as to what’s happening in Sweden was in reference to a story that was broadcast on @FoxNews concerning immigrants & Sweden,” Trump tweeted Sunday.

Trump confirmed speculation that a Fox News story about immigration and crime rates that aired on Tucker Carlson’s show was the origin of his statement. The Swedish Embassy in Washington, D.C., asked the U.S. to clarify what incident Trump was referring to on Sunday.

Remember all those studies about how unusually uninformed Fox News viewers are? That's now the president of the United States.

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) February 19, 2017

Believing anything he sees on Fox could give Trump some dangerous beliefs like "Attractive women freely associate with Bill O'Reilly." https://t.co/rKaaFkxsdy

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) February 19, 2017

WH can walk this back but he clearly wove Sweden into long list of locations of notable terror attacks.
"Who would believe this?! Sweden!" https://t.co/oHDnRXnczx

— Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) February 19, 2017

POTUS confirms the theory we've been talking about– that he heard about Sweden on Friday's "Tucker Carlson Tonight" https://t.co/K5NRr495Ho

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) February 19, 2017