Stockholm, February 20 (RHC)-- The government of Sweden is calling on the United States to offer “clarity” in the wake of new remarks by President Donald Trump about a terror attack in the Scandinavian country. 

The comments triggered a reaction by the Swedish embassy in Washington over the weekend, asking the U.S. State Department to clarify what Trump said. 

In what some observers say is the latest example of the new Trump  administration offers “alternative facts,” the U.S. president referred to a non-existent terror attack in Sweden while talking about the need to protect the U.S. against what he describes as “radical Islamic terrorism” during a political rally in Melbourne, Florida. 

Dropping the names of European cities and countries victimized by Daesh Takfiri terror attacks, Trump also mentioned Sweden, where in claimed there was an attack the night before.  The comment sparked widespread ridicule and criticism, including from former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt, who tweeted: "Sweden?  Terror attack?  What has he been smoking?"