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The President was criticised after he spoke in Florida on Sunday commenting on security issues as a result of refugees and migrants in Sweden. He said: “We've got to keep our country safe. “You look at what's happening in Germany. You look at what's happening last night in Sweden. Sweden, who would believe this? Sweden.” Donald Trump was faced with huge backlash following his comments as the Swedish Prime Minister stepped in the question the President’s statement.

GETTY•FOX Raheem Kassam backed the American President as he was ambushed after Sweden comments

The billionaire later revealed he was referring to a story broadcast on Fox News concerning immigrants and Sweden. On Monday chaos erupted on the streets of Sweden as police were forced to fire at a group of around 30 thugs as they threw stones at officers. Mr Kassam backed the US President’s statement as he fired into Mr Trump’s critics, labelling some journalists as “dumb-dumbs”. Speaking on Hannity on Fox News, he said: “The president was absolutely manifestly correct on Sweden. I was there just last week in Rosengard in Malmo, in Husby and Rinkeby the suburbs of Stockholm and what I saw was absolutely terrifying.

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I can’t tell whether these journalists now are just partisan dumb-dumbs or cretinous liars Raheem Kassam

“I can’t tell whether these journalists now are just partisan dumb-dumbs or cretinous liars or vice-versa, who knows? But the fact of the matter is they haven’t been there, they haven’t seen what’s going on.” Hours before the police attack in the suburb of Rinkeby, the Swedish PM hosted a joint press conference in Stockholm with visiting Canadian Governor General David Johnston, in which he backed the country's liberal policies. Mr Löfven said: “Let me put it like this I was, like many others I believe, surprised by the comments made about Sweden this weekend. “Sweden like many other countries, we have opportunities, we have challenges, I believe that goes for every country in the world.