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During his campaign rally in Florida on Saturday, President Trump¹ seemed to reference a major incident in Sweden, but there was no such event. The internet found the comment confusing and amusing. Swedes are simply baffled. NPR's Camila Domonoske reports.

CAMILA DOMONOSKE, BYLINE²: At his campaign rally on Saturday, President Trump was promising³ to keep America safe when he listed off a series of places, including sites of devastating⁴ terror attacks, like Brussels, Nice and Paris. But he also said this.

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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: You look at what's happening last night in Sweden - Sweden, who would believe this? - Sweden.

DOMONOSKE: It turns out Swedish people had trouble believing that. Younis Ekman (ph), a reporter at the Swedish newspaper Aftenbladet, sums up the big stories in Sweden on Friday.

YOUNIS EKMAN: We had a man who set himself on fire, and we had some car chases. There's still a lot of snow, some problems with traffic.

DOMONOSKE: There was also a technical mishap⁵ at a singing competition and a belated report about an amorous⁶ moose.

EKMAN: Yeah, that's - the story actually occurred in autumn. A moose got attracted to a wooden moose and started making love in a small town.

DOMONOSKE: But nothing remotely resembling a terrorist incident. Catarina Axelsson is a press officer at the Swedish Ministry⁷ of Foreign Affairs. She says the Swedish government has no idea what Trump was referencing.

CATARINA AXELSSON: I'm sorry, but there is nothing. We do not know. We would like to understand as well.

DOMONOSKE: Late today, Trump tweeted that he was referencing a story on Fox News. That was probably a Friday night segment with a filmmaker, who argued that there's an immigrant-fueled rise in crime in Sweden. To be clear, that segment discussed trends over time, which are disputed, and did not suggest that anything happened that day. But it invoked⁸ an idea that has gained purchase in some quarters.

MARTIN GELIN: Six, seven years or so, there's been a recurring⁹ narrative¹⁰ about Muslim immigrants in Sweden causing crime.

DOMONOSKE: Martin Gelin is a Swedish reporter based in New York, who covered the Trump campaign. He says he's had Trump supporters say they feel sorry for him when he says he's from Sweden, a place he says they view as a nightmare.

GELIN: They know that Sweden has welcomed more refugees than almost any other country in Europe, especially in proportion to how small the country is. And they have heard about this - some, you know, erroneous or heavily exaggerated stories about the increase in crime.

DOMONOSKE: It's a sharp contrast to the other big response he says he receives.

GELIN: On the left, you have completely opposite view of Sweden as a progressive paradise.

DOMONOSKE: Whether they're living in a paradise or a nightmare, Swedes were definitely in a state of confusion after Trump's remarks. Camila Domonoske, NPR News.

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

3 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

4 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

5 mishap   

n.不幸的事，不幸；灾祸

参考例句：

• I'm afraid your son had a slight mishap in the playground.不好了，你儿子在操场上出了点小意外。
• We reached home without mishap.我们平安地回到了家。

6 amorous   

adj.多情的；有关爱情的

参考例句：

• They exchanged amorous glances and clearly made known their passions.二人眉来眼去，以目传情。
• She gave him an amorous look.她脉脉含情的看他一眼。

7 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

8 invoked   

v.援引( invoke的过去式和过去分词 )；行使（权利等）；祈求救助；恳求

参考例句：

• It is unlikely that libel laws will be invoked. 不大可能诉诸诽谤法。
• She had invoked the law in her own defence. 她援引法律为自己辩护。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 recurring   

adj.往复的，再次发生的

参考例句：

• This kind of problem is recurring often. 这类问题经常发生。
• For our own country, it has been a time for recurring trial. 就我们国家而言，它经过了一个反复考验的时期。

10 narrative   

n.叙述，故事；adj.叙事的，故事体的

参考例句：

• He was a writer of great narrative power.他是一位颇有记述能力的作家。
• Neither author was very strong on narrative.两个作者都不是很善于讲故事。