Trump's Sweden comment raises questions

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Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's reference to "what's happening last night in Sweden" during a Saturday rally in Florida raised questions in Sweden and around the internet about what he really meant.

Trump referenced the Scandinavian nation, known for liberally accepting Syrian refugees, during a section of his

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