Trump era: Fascist dawn, or road to liberation?

[Ca.]

Ex-CIA Robert Steele claims that Bannon is working with Dick Cheney towards a “violent American Spring” that's being planned for Monday May 1, 2017?

On Watch: Episode 8 - Welcome to the ‘Cold Civil War’
Judicial Watch Feb 21, 2017
_https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jAQCXVF9K8

Color Revolution in Progress in U.S. 2/17/17
Published on Feb 17, 2017
_https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyhD3UV1wr0

There is a Color Revolution in progress in the U.S. - and it is about to take on a more nefarious and seditious form. Obama is leading the charge with Organizing for Action as his personal "Shadow Government" to usurp our Republic. "Tell on Trump" exists as a portal to encourage government workers to provide documents to "take down" Donald Trump and members of his administration.

Rt America
WEB EXCLUSIVE: We're Facing A Deep State Coup And The Mainstream Media Is Cheering / 12:21
Published on Feb 22, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCWtLzeFHLo

In this web exclusive segment, Lee Camp explains how the Deep State is quite likely perpetrating a soft coup against the elected government. Everyone needs to wake up to this reality. Lee has a little help from Glenn Greenwald and Dennis Kucinich.
To get the rest of Greenwald's interview, go here - _https://www.democracynow.org/2017/2/1...

Liz Cheney, beating the flat-line drums of Papa.

Liz CheneyVerified account
‏@Liz_Cheney 6:21 AM - 5 Feb 2017
_https://twitter.com/Liz_Cheney/status/828247233292271620

.@POTUS statement suggesting moral equivalence between Putin's Russia and the United States of America is deeply troubling and wrong.

 

[Niall]

http://nyheteridag.se/donald-trump-is-correct-i-live-in-an-immigrant-area-in-sweden-and-it-is-not-working-well/

My grounds for claiming that is just by looking out the window where I live, inside a migrant dominated area. Almost every evening cars are set on fire and police officers are attacked by criminal gangs. But you don’t read very much about it in the Swedish main stream media.

Car-fires have been a steadily worsening problem in Sweden since the early 2000s.

Number Car Fires Jumped Over 10 Years
Radio Sweden, July 2010

There are many more car fires in Gothenburg, Malmö and Uppsala today than there were at the end of the 1990s. That's according to statistics from the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency.

In Uppsala there were 65 calls in 2008. That increased to 140 in 2009. In Gothenburg the fire department receives calls for burning cars at least once a day. And in Malmö reported car fires have doubled from 69 in 1999 to 196 just last year. Some smaller cities, however, like Örebro, Kalmar, and Sundsvall saw a decrease in car fires.

Though car fires can be started for a number of reasons, like scamming car insurance companies, a fire chief in Uppsala guessed young vandals started a big number of the fires. A sociologist at the University of Gothenburg told news agency TT that an increase in fires can have something to do with increasing economic and cultural gaps in society which can create frustration among young people.

What is true however is that Sweden got a lot of people who travel abroad to Syria and Irak to join ISIS.

Most of them come from France, Germany and the UK, in that order, which would fit with the relative size of their respective Muslim populations.

Those guys get radicalized in Sweden and they also get recruited on Swedish soil.

Same pattern elsewhere.

 

[NormaRegula]

Regarding Sweden and Europe, the PTB engineered wars so refugees from ME or Islamic countries would enter the EU, thus giving cover to their agents and innocent patsies from among the throngs to commit acts of terror, thus placing the blame on all Muslims. No doubt many Muslims are also bullied by the psychopaths and criminal elements within their own communities as they jostle for a life far from their homelands. It's a horrific situation all around.

On another front: Interesting news from Wikileaks regarding Senator McCain. Apparently McCaine requested an illegal campaign donation from Russia back in 2008 and was declined. Even more interesting is that Vitaly Churkin, the Russian official who was originally solicited, died on Monday.

Currently McCaine is in Saudi Arabia visiting with its rulers. There are more rumors on various conservative sites that the Arizona Senator will be arrested once he returns from his trip to Europe and the Middle East for treason/sedition. Not sure if that will be the case, but the Wikileaks stuff is dynamite if true*, especially in light of McCain's constant haranguing that Russia meddled in the past election.

*There is a note at the end of one citation stating "Wikileaks normally removes metadata, we have not done so in this instance since the document is intended to be public and may be a significant political play by Russian intelligence."

UPDATE: It appears that the original solicitation letter to Churkin was a mass mailer from the McCain2008 campaign. Mccain can easily deflect this with help from his MSM buddies. If a letter like this were sent from the Trump2016 campaign from a mass-mailing list, the newsies would be all over it.

 

[Altair]

Here is Robert David Steels website again: http://robertdavidsteele.com/
His block with very interesting articles: https://phibetaiota.net/
And the 8 books he has written so far: http://robertdavidsteele.com/publications/books-chapters-reviews/books/

By the way, all his books and other works are freely available on his website.

The Video- interview above has intrigued me enough, to look further into what Steel has to say. Maybe also a good guest for SOTT Radio...
I think Trump would be good adviced to listen to Steel and follow some of his proposals.

He has a bunch of very interesting interviews: _http://robertdavidsteele.com/appearances/audio-visual-interviews/

In this one he says (paraphrasing): oh, by the way, the missing trillions of CIA/Pentagon were spent on extraterrestrials, intraterrestrials (inhabitants of underground bases?) and underground bases themselves.

He suggests to tweet his Memo to Trump (from the video description):

Mr. Steele has created a memo for President Trump and we ask that you include #UNRIG and #ItsTime if you plan to post this video.

He says that hashtag #UNRIG has Trump's personal attention.

This interview (as probably all of them) is loaded with information.

 

[Laura]

Regarding Sweden and Europe, the PTB engineered wars so refugees from ME or Islamic countries would enter the EU, thus giving cover to their agents and innocent patsies from among the throngs to commit acts of terror, thus placing the blame on all Muslims. No doubt many Muslims are also bullied by the psychopaths and criminal elements within their own communities as they jostle for a life far from their homelands. It's a horrific situation all around.

That's the best short description of what is going on in Europe I've read. Obviously, it's not the whole banana, but it sure is a major benefit to the US Deep State. They can do what they want everywhere with refugees in place to utilize or blame.

 

[bjorb]

Regarding Sweden and Europe, the PTB engineered wars so refugees from ME or Islamic countries would enter the EU, thus giving cover to their agents and innocent patsies from among the throngs to commit acts of terror, thus placing the blame on all Muslims. No doubt many Muslims are also bullied by the psychopaths and criminal elements within their own communities as they jostle for a life far from their homelands. It's a horrific situation all around.

That's the best short description of what is going on in Europe I've read. Obviously, it's not the whole banana, but it sure is a major benefit to the US Deep State. They can do what they want everywhere with refugees in place to utilize or blame.

And blackmail Europe into submission?

What if there is more to it, doesn't it seem that there is an effort going on to destabilize Europe by unleashing operation gladio B Jihadist and extreme right groups against each other to provoke a full blown civil war?

What if they are waiting for the right climate to bring this into full swing? What if this is their objective, that it's not just used as blackmail. But also as a means to weaken Europe and through that open it up more to US influence.

The deep state wins if Europe tears itself apart. (we are vassals, but it is in their interest that it remains like that, after all the EU is competition that must not grow to strong)

Israel wins because of the of Anti-Muslim hysteria that will gain hold. And who would bat an eye about the Palestinians if hatred against Muslims is in an all time high. That's what they are waiting for right? To cleanse it all without the World condemning it?

 

[meta-agnostic]

Trump tweets vow to fight human trafficking:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/835173525522624512

Trump vows to fight 'epidemic' of human trafficking
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/9517fb5ec44e4e93a275cc0722abd6a1/trump-vows-fight-epidemic-human-trafficking

There really isn't much to the AP story he linked to:

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he will bring the "full force and weight" of the U.S. government to combat an "epidemic" of human trafficking.

The president is meeting at the White House with senior advisers and representatives of organizations that deal with trafficking. His daughter, Ivanka Trump, is among those in attendance.

Trump calls human trafficking a problem that is "not talked about enough." He says he will order the departments of Justice and Homeland Security to take a hard look at the resources they are devoting to addressing the issue.

but is this the point a which the Trump and Pizzagate threads merge, and the fabric of reality is ripped open by Congressmen being frog-marched out of the Capitol in handcuffs? in a week or two, or a month maybe?

 

[angelburst29]

Oh, wait, here's what the two cops interviewed by Fox News said about their participation in Trump's Last Night in Sweden...

Swedish cops interviewed in Fox story on crime problem: 'Our testimony was taken out of context'

But then contrast with this cop's story:

Swedish veteran cop rants about immigrant crimes on Facebook, ignites nationwide row

A Swedish police investigator triggered a media tsunami with a Facebook post linking violent crimes with immigrants. Peter Springare received an outpouring of support from fellow officers and common Swedes, as well as some accusations of racism.

Springare is a senior investigator at the serious crimes division at the Örebro Police Department with 47 years under his belt. In the Saturday post he said what he was going to say would not be politically correct and that saying such things could harm an officer's position or pay grade, but he was about to retire and didn't care.

"Here we go; this is what I've handled from Monday-Friday this week: rape, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, rape-assault and rape, extortion, blackmail, assault, violence against police, threats to police, drug crime, drugs, crime, felony, attempted murder, rape again, extortion again and ill-treatment," he wrote.

"Suspected perpetrators; Ali Mohammed, Mahmod, Mohammed, Mohammed Ali, again, again, again. Christopher... what, is it true? Yes, a Swedish name snuck in on the edges of a drug crime. Mohammed, Mahmod Ali, again and again," he added.

The post goes on to identify the origins of the suspects.

"Countries representing all the crimes this week: Iraq, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia, Somalia, Syria again, Somalia, unknown, unknown country, Sweden. Half of the suspects, we can't be sure because they don't have any valid papers. Which in itself usually means that they're lying about their nationality and identity."

The post steered waves in Sweden and has since received over 36,000 'likes' and 16,000 'shares' by Tuesday. People supporting Springare's words started a group on Facebook with over 75,000 members. Among the people voicing support of the opinion were fellow police officers, both serving and retired.

According to news website Nyheter Idag, the police station where Springare works received at least 60 bouquets of flowers addressed to him on Monday - a "bloombomb" from admirers.

Banned HuffPo Contributor: Trump "Must Go Through Hell Every Day If This Is How The Press Is Behaving"
http://ibankcoin.com/zeropointnow/2017/02/23/banned-huffpo-author-trump-must-go-through-hell-every-day-if-this-is-how-the-press-is-behaving/

What happens when a prolific progressive Huffington Post contributor deviates from the narrative and publishes an article admitting Donald Trump was correct about something?

HuffPo deletes the article and bans the guy, of course!

Norwegian journalist, author, and world traveler René Zografos had the audacity to suggest that Donald Trump was telling the truth about Sweden’s ongoing nightmare related to the violent tidal wave of predominantly North African refugees. Zografos wrote:

It’s well known for Scandinavians and other Europeans that liberal immigration comes with drugs, rapes, gang wars, robbery and violence. Additional to that we see the respective nations cultures fading away, for good and for bad.

Hours after publication, the article was gone – and Zografos’ access to the Huffington Post was revoked:

When reached for comment, Zografos’ told iBankCoin:

I just think this it’s a silly behavior, and actually a bit scary, because free press is crucial in our world. I don’t always agree with Trump, but he must go through hell everyday if this is how the press is behaving.

For the liberal media to actively ignore, suppress, and lie about what’s going on in Sweden (which now has a grenade problem of all things, which did not exist prior to 2012) is beyond the pale. Between no-go zones, riots, news crews being assaulted, and a recently earned reputation as the “rape capital of Europe” – all of which have been vehemently denied by the MSM and the hypocritical Swedish government, the level of propaganda and cover-up is astounding.

Mr. Zografos discussed the incident on Twitter: (copy)

In the meantime, Mr. Zografos granted iBankCoin permission to republish his now-deleted article in it’s entirety:

—————-
Sweden has huge problems because of liberal immigration policy

Many journalists around the world are eager to condemn Donald Trump no matter what. When he tweeted about immigration in Sweden few days ago, the social media exploded. Most of the opponent said that Trump had made up the immigration problem Sweden are having. They are wrong.

Only hours later there was a riot of violence and destructions by immigrants in the capitol of Sweden, Stockholm. The police was forced to shoot with ammunition to put and end to it. In Malmö, another city south in Sweden they have struggle with gang violence and lawlessness for years. So when Trump talk about that Sweden have an immigration problem he is actually spot on.

It’s well known for Scandinavians and other Europeans that liberal immigration comes with drugs, rapes, gang wars, robbery and violence. Additional to that we see the respective nations cultures fading away, for good and for bad.

But the immigration problem is not only a Swedish predicament. The truth is, that several European cities have huge immigration problems where even the police force is afraid to interfere in some locations in these cities. UK, France and several other European countries are changing rapidly with extreme quantity of immigration. I’m not saying immigration is only bad, but a lot of problems come with poor immigration policy, as consequences we get violence, terror and gangs.

The fact is that the press here in Europe hasn’t doing their job properly. There is this fear for journalists to not report the basic truth – which is that Europe has enormous problems that comes from liberal immigration politics, and as we also now can see in Sweden, but also here in Norway. But it’s not political correct for journalists to say or write that immigration in Europe is unsuccessful. When that said, most of the people that come from other countries are behaving flawless and are a gift to our society, but then again to report that everything is all good is simply wrong and these journalists should find another job, because they do not have enough integrity that requires to be decent journalist.

Liberal website The Huffington Post removed a Norwegian writer’s blog post arguing that President Trump was “absolutely right about Sweden” when he criticized the liberal country’s immigration policies.

Huffington Post Removes Blog Post Saying Trump Is ‘Absolutely Right’ About Sweden
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/23/huffington-post-removes-blog-post-saying-trump-is-absolutely-right-about-sweden/

Rene Zografos, whose home country neighbors Sweden, wrote that it’s not politically correct “for journalists to say or write that immigration in Europe is unsuccessful.” Even though critics in media the mocked Trump, Zografos wrote, “he is actually spot on.” (Article continues.)

 

[Niall]

Banned HuffPo Contributor: Trump "Must Go Through Hell Every Day If This Is How The Press Is Behaving"
http://ibankcoin.com/zeropointnow/2017/02/23/banned-huffpo-author-trump-must-go-through-hell-every-day-if-this-is-how-the-press-is-behaving/

What happens when a prolific progressive Huffington Post contributor deviates from the narrative and publishes an article admitting Donald Trump was correct about something? [...]

There is no immigrant crime wave in Sweden

Vox, Feb 24, 2017

In the past decade, there’s been a spike in immigration to Sweden. In 1990, 9.2 percent of Sweden’s population was foreign-born. That figure was 11.3 percent in 2000, and 15.4 percent in 2012.

Immigrant rates have grown even further in recent years, owing in large part to the global refugee crisis. In 2014, Sweden admitted more asylum seekers, per capita, than any other country on Earth. Many Swedish immigrants today hail from war-torn Muslim-majority countries like Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

Some people assumed this would produce a major uptick in the rates of violent crime in Sweden. Historically, immigrants to Sweden do commit crimes at higher rates than the native-born, though children of immigrants commit crimes at basically the same rate as children of native-born Swedes (controlling for income).

However, there’s no evidence of a massive crime wave. Here is an official Swedish government tally of the rates of six different types of crime directed at persons — fraud, assault, threats, harassment, sexual violence, and mugging. (Homicide is excluded because the rate is tiny; in 2014, there were 87 murders in the entire country of roughly 10 million.)

As you can see, there is no significant uptick in any of the crime categories alongside the rise in immigration. The most recent official report available in English, covering 2015, is not incorporated into that chart — but it concludes that the rates of these crimes are at “approximately the same level as in 2005.” That’s a slight increase over the 2014 rate, but hardly evidence of a crime wave — let alone one committed by migrants or refugees.

Sweden does not publish official data on the race or ethnic identity of criminals, which is actually common among European countries. Anti-immigration publications like Breitbart have used this fact to accuse Swedish authorities of covering up the truth about immigrant crime.

It’s true that this lack of public data makes it hard to assess the precise impact of immigration on crime rates. It’s possible there’s a small one that doesn’t show up in the aggregate data.

But we can say, without a doubt, that the large numbers of immigrants entering Sweden do not appear to be affecting the overall crime rate in a major way, despite the large number of them entering the country. There is no Swedish crime wave.

 

[Niall]

Sweden - not perfect, but not Trump's immigrant-crime nightmare

Reuters, Feb 21, 2017

Sweden ranked 187th out of 218 countries in 2014 in terms of murders per capita, according to a survey by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The murder rate in the United States, which ranked about 110th, was more than four times higher.

The suggestion that the recent rise in asylum numbers has triggered a crime wave appears to have come from media reports rather than from statistics, as Swedish police do not register suspects' ethnic origins, only their gender and age.

"There is no basis for drawing the conclusion that crime rates are soaring in Sweden and that that is related to immigration," Stina Holmberg at the National Council for Crime Prevention said.

The most recent official survey from 2005 does show foreign-born Swedes are more than twice as likely to be suspects in criminal investigations, but their ethnicity is not the main reason for this.

"Minorities are often over-represented in criminal statistics, but when you adjust for socio-economic factors, that disappears almost completely," Social and Justice Minister Morgan Johansson said recently.

Sweden is nevertheless not the crime-free utopia that some might like to believe.

A surge in gang-related violence has pushed up the murder rate in the last couple of years.

In the southern city of Malmo, a town just shy of 300,000 people, 12 people were killed last year, according to local media. That was a record and gives it a murder rate per capita three times higher than that of London.

In 2013, in the mainly immigrant Stockholm suburb of Husby, around a hundred cars were burned and seven police were injured in five nights of rioting, which spread on a smaller scale to other cities across the country.

Emergency services are regularly attacked by stone-throwing youths and on Monday night, rioters in a suburb of the capital battled police and burned a handful of cars.

But the violence has clearly not spiralled out of control.

"There are no areas where the police don't go," police spokeswoman Johanna Blomqvist said in an email in reply to Reuters questions.

And an annual survey of Swedes by the National Council for Crime Prevention shows crime rates broadly unchanged over the last 10 years.

Many Swedes do appear to be worried about immigration, however.

The anti-immigration Sweden Democrat party, which has called for a big rise in police numbers and tougher sentences for criminals, has surged in popularity and is now vying for second spot in polls.

Sweden took in more asylum seekers relative to the size of its population than any other European Union member in 2015. In a backlash, many asylum centres have been targeted by far-right attackers and several have been burned to the ground.

Integrating the new arrivals is also likely to be problematic. Segregation, poor schools and unemployment blight the prospects of many young people, often those with immigrant backgrounds.

Unemployment among foreign-born Swedes is around 15 percent compared with 5 percent among those born in the country.

"Sweden, like many other countries, has many opportunities, but faces many challenges," Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said.

Remember, these areas are being held up as 'the worst of Swedish cities'. How do 'the worst of US cities' compare?

 

[Niall]

Trump asked people to ‘look at what’s happening … in Sweden.’ Here’s what’s happening there.

WaPo, Feb 20, 2017

[...] Trump's references to Sweden seemed to suggest that the country's welcoming approach to refugees and its alleged effects on crime rates should be a warning sign. But were the president's remarks justified?

“Absolutely not,” said Felipe Estrada, a criminology professor at Stockholm University. His response was echoed Monday by multiple other experts who are familiar with Swedish crime statistics.

Overall, Sweden's average crime rate has fallen in recent years, Estrada said. That drop has been observed for cases of lethal violence and for assaults, two of the most serious categories of crime. [...]

Moreover, an analysis by Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter, conducted between October 2015 and January 2016, came to the conclusion that refugees were responsible for only 1 percent of all incidents. Researchers caution, however, that segregation and long-term unemployment of refugees could have a negative effect on crime rates in Sweden in the future.

Germany, the other European country that took in similar numbers of refugees per capita in 2015, also has refuted claims that the influx led to an increase in crime. “Immigrants are not more criminal than Germans,” an interior ministry spokesman said in June. Overall, crime levels in Germany declined over the first quarter of 2016, officials said last year.

Nevertheless, skepticism has persisted in Germany, Sweden and elsewhere. A Pew Research Center study conducted in early 2016 indicated that 46 percent of Swedes believed that “refugees in our country are more to blame for crime than other groups.”

Reports about alleged police coverups of refugee crimes might have contributed to distrust in official statistics. Criminologists also say that a handful of cases have received disproportionate public attention, creating a distorted perception among Swedes.

“What we’re hearing is a very, very extreme exaggeration based on a few isolated events,” Jerzy Sarnecki, a criminologist at Stockholm University, told the Globe and Mail newspaper in May, when coverage of refugee-related crimes reached a peak.

 

[Ca.]

VIDEO: Trump Inherits Hawaiian Kingdom War Crimes, Scholar Says
Big Island Video News on Feb 25, 2017 at 4:56 pm
http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2017/02/25/video-trump-inherits-hawaiian-kingdom-war-crimes-scholar-says/

HAWAII (BIVN) - "Violations of international law of unimaginable proportions,” Dr. Keanu Sai says, adding Donald Trump "is responsible - as the president - for how the military operates here."
Script included:

"The fact that people in Hawaiʻi are clueless is as to what Hawaiʻi was in the 19th century is the evidence of the crime. My great-grandparents were born in the Kingdom in 1880. I know nothing about the Kingdom. That wasn’t because I just didn’t know it. It’s because no one taught me. People did not teach anything because everything had to be Americanized. So, we’re the evidence of the crime. For Donald Trump and his administration, he really has nothing to do with Hawaiʻi. Nothing. Because he’s a president in America. The entities that have everything to do with our situation is the United States Pacific Command and the military here, boots on the ground. Because we’re in a sovereign country. We’re a separate country. Donald Trump is in another separate country. But he is responsible – as the president – for how the military operates here. But he also inherited all the liability of the previous presidents.”
– Dr. Keanu Sai, Feb. 2017 BIVN interview

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[Ant22]

(...)
Oh, wait, here's what the two cops interviewed by Fox News said about their participation in Trump's Last Night in Sweden...

Swedish cops interviewed in Fox story on crime problem: 'Our testimony was taken out of context'

Well, this wouldn't be the first time there was something wrong with the credibility of Fox News' reporting. I came across a couple of articles on Nils Bildt, the person whose reports apparently influenced the content of Trump's tweets (bolded below) about the situation in Sweden. Apparently this individual was presented by Fox as a "Swedish defense and national security advisor" whilst he himself maintains he never claimed to be one. He said he was an independent advisor.

Although it looks like he's not a very law abiding citizen himself.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/sweden-fox-news-immigrant-convict-assault-donald-trump-fake-advisor-usa-a7599506.html

A Swedish "expert" who appeared on Fox News to discuss immigrant violence has a conviction for violent crime in the US.

Nils Bildt was described as a "Swedish defense and national security advisor" when he appeared as a guest on the TV station to speak about the perceived problems of his native country which Donald Trump referred to at a rally in Florida.

But it has emerged that Mr Bildt, himself an immigrant in the US, was arrested in June 2014 for assault and battery against a law enforcement officer, obstruction of justice and public inebriation after threatening an official.

He was charged under the name Tolling, which he later changed to Bildt. Sweden's government also said he holds no official position with them. On TV, the billionaire claimed the Scandinavian country recently experienced a terror attack, a claim which later turned out to be false.

Donald Trump later tweeted to say his statement was based on a news report on Fox News, who continued the debate around the Scandinavian country by hosting Mr Bildt.

The Swede described his homeland negatively, backing up Mr Trump’s own portrayal of the country. But Marie Pisäter, of the Swedish Defense Ministry, said no one by the name Nils Bildt was employed by them. “We have no spokesman by that name,” she said. And the Foreign Office was similarly stumped, with a spokesman telling Dagens Nyhether (DN): “We do not know who he is.” It emerged Mr Bildt – who spoke about crime in Sweden – is in fact a convict himself.

Documents from Arlington General District Court in Virginia, show Mr Bildt – under his former surname - was sentenced to a year behind bars, of which 11 months were suspended, in November 2014. He was also fined $111 (£89), which is recorded as paid.

Mr Bildt, who is said to have emigrated to the US in 1994, denied all knowledge of the convictions to DN. Despite the publicly available information he said he was “unaware of the allegations”. When pressed over his supposed role, the Swede said: “I appeared on Bill O'Reillys's show on Fox News.

“The title was chosen by Fox News's editor – I had no personal control over what title they chose. “I am an independent analyst based in the USA.”

I was looking around the web to get a better picture of the situation in Sweden and to be honest it's quite difficult for me to work out what is really going on. I'm a little confused to say the least. On the one hand there are plenty of reports that claim refugee issues in Sweden are blown out of proportion BIG time.

I can't help but ask myself, if it was as bad as the supporters of the "Sweden has huge problems with immigrants" camp paint it to be, would it be really necessary to make up "experts" the way Fox did? Surely there would be plenty of people willing to report on the problems? No matter how much they tried to hide the issue, I'm pretty sure someone would be willing to talk.

But on the other hand there are reports provided by allegedly Swedish citizens that seem to be backing Trump's viewpoint. I say "allegedly" because I haven't verified their identity myself. Like this guy I came across on Twitter, Petersweden7: _https://twitter.com/petersweden7?lang=en He seems to be quite genuine in his reporting although a lot of the stuff he posts are re-tweets with his comments added. But given the reports from Aleppo or Ukraine that later turned out to be fake products of the mainstream propaganda, I'm quite cautious about taking them at face value.

 

[Laura]

I think that a member of the group who lives in or near Sweden ought to make a trip there, walk around, visit some pubs or tea shops, chat with the locals, find out what the real situation is.

 

[Adaryn]

So, what's the truth? It seems unless you're on the ground, observing the situation first hand, it's really hard to get to the bottom of it.

_https://sputniknews.com/europe/201702221050933613-sweden-censorship-immigration-mein-kampf/

Swedish Library Outlaws Factual Book on Migration, Offers Hitler's Mein Kampf

12:15 22.02.2017(updated 15:34 22.02.2017)

Political correctness gone wrong can yield surprisingly worrying results. A Swedish library has landed in hot water for freely offering Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf to its readership, while stopping books that question Sweden's established view of immigration. This has evoked troubling hints at censorship in a country that takes pride in its openness.

Recently, the Ekerö library decided against lending Mass Challenge, a new book by the Kurdish-Swedish economist Tino Sanandaji, which addresses the social and economic effects of immigration on Swedish society. The library accused the author of "supporting racism" and "being contrary to basic human rights."

The book, which flew off the shelves in its first edition, offers an assortment of facts from Statistics Sweden, the National Crime Prevention Council, the National Board of Health and other agencies, which present the recent years' mass migration to Sweden in an unflattering light.

"Library collections should be characterized by diversity and pluralism. The goal is not to buy books that support racism, express gender stereotypes, rouse persecution and hatred or are otherwise contrary to human rights," Ekerö librarian Nina Sundberg wrote in an e-mail to the Swedish news outlet Nyheter Idag in her attempt to justify rejecting Sanandaji's book.

​Paradoxically, a cursory view of the library's assortment revealed no lack of literature for people seeking to familiarize themselves with National Socialism, including Adolf Hitler's policy book Mein Kampf, which lays the foundations of Nazism and anti-Zionism and has been banned in Russia and other European nations for decades.

"It all becomes very clear. Censorship is hitting you in the face," Marina Halkiewicz, an angry reader who unsuccessfully tried to borrow Sanandaji's new book, told Nyheter Idag.

Tino Sanandaji himself is aware of the library ban and believes the Ekerö librarians owe him an apology.

"Municipal libraries are not a playhouse for the cultural left's censorship. It is bordering on libel to claim that rules against 'racism' can justify the exclusion of my book. Ekerö library owes me an apology," Tino Sanandaji wrote.

Mass Challenge was written and published as a result of a record influx of Swedish crowdfunding. It was released in early February and quickly became a bestseller at bookshops Bokus and Adlibris, which is highly uncommon for a book on the national economy and social science.

​"Countryfolk are willing to learn about the GDP and how the extent of car fires can be measured, while highly educated opinion-makers would rather talk about their attitudes, feelings and song festivals. Sweden is an interesting country because ordinary people seem to be more interested in education than the elite," Sanandaji told Nyheter Idag, citing people's craving for hard facts.

In his book, Tino Sanandaji used official statistics and its thorough analysis to portray Sweden's immigration policy as a flop, which, contrary to politicians' pledges, brought "mass unemployment," "mass vandalism" and "mass assaults," not to mention a rise in "anti-social behavior" and a widening gap between native Swedes and alien newcomers.

"Politicians may be lying, but not statistics," Sanandaji quipped during the presentation.

Tino Sanandaji is a economist of Kurdish Iranian origin based in Sweden, where he is known for his blog and criticism of Sweden's immigration and integration policy. Sanandaji holds a PhD in public policy from the University of Chicago and works as a researcher in economics at the Stockholm School of Economics.