{"id":19909,"date":"2017-02-21T01:09:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T01:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=19909"},"modified":"2017-02-21T01:09:53","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T01:09:53","slug":"trump-tells-another-whopper-about-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=19909","title":{"rendered":"Trump tells another whopper — about Sweden!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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It appears that every public appearance by Donald J. Trump produces a signature line, one that provokes astonishment and disbelief.<\/p>\n

The other day he held that wild-and-woolly press conference in which he declared he scored the greatest Electoral College win since Ronald Reagan. It was false.<\/p>\n

Then he jetted off to Melbourne, Fla., for a campaign-style rally. He baited his worshipers with more promises to end “radical Islamic terrorism.” Then he singled out Sweden — Sweden!<\/em> — as a place that had been victimized by terrorists.<\/p>\n

“You look at what’s happening in Germany, you look at what’s happening last night in Sweden \u2014 Sweden, who would believe this?” Trump bellowed during his rally.<\/p>\n

The remark provoked astonished expressions from the Swedes. What? Huh? Terrorist attack? Where? By whom?<\/em><\/p>\n

Of course, there was no such terror attack in Sweden. Trump made it up. He improvised yet another riff that produced — once again — the kind of thoughtless, careless and reckless rhetoric from the commander in chief.<\/p>\n

Each time he does this, the president <\/a>undermines the nation’s standing, let alone the standing of the high and (formerly) dignified office he occupies.<\/p>\n

And what about our relationship with Sweden,\u00a0a nation that\u00a0has been\u00a0famously neutral in world conflicts, but which remains an important ally of ours? Do the Swedes trust the U.S. president? Can<\/em> they trust him to speak with clarity and precision?<\/p>\n

For that matter, can we Americans<\/em> trust the president?<\/p>\n\n

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