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Donald Trump Appears To Make Up Sweden Terror Attack

It didn’t happen.

President Donald Trump falsely suggested at a Florida rally Saturday that Sweden had suffered a terror attack the previous night.

After announcing that the White House planned to renew its efforts to restrict immigration, Trump cited several European countries and cities that he said showed the dangers of admitting immigrants, particularly refugees.

"You look at what's happening in Germany, you look at what's happening last night in Sweden," Trump told a large crowd of supporters in a hangar at the Orlando-Melbourne International Airport. "Sweden. Who would believe this? Sweden," he added. "They took in large numbers. They're having problems like they never thought possible."

Trump's subsequent remarks made clear he was referring to European locales that had endured terrorist attacks in the past two years.

"You look at what's happening in Brussels. You look at what's happening all over the world," he said. "Take a look at Nice. Take a look at Paris."

Observers on Twitter pointed out that no such attack took place on Friday night.