Whether Britain votes for/against allowing Trump to come for a U.S. State Visit; it will be historic. Never before in modern history, has a sitting U.S. President ever even been refused an invitation to visit the Queen of England. As a matter of fact, it's never even been a question,... before now. Trump will go down in history as the most contentious/controversial President in U.S. history. And that's not an alternative fact as a point of pride in Trump's Presidential legacy, no matter how he tries to spin it!
Trump has managed in less than a few minutes yesterday to offend and piss off Sweden with his alternative facts. "SWEDEN", home to IKEA and the young and poor/low income earners in America who overwhelmingly buy furniture at their beloved IKEA furniture stores.
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Economy of Sweden
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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| Currency | Swedish krona (SEK, kr) ~ €0.1 |
|---|---|
| calendar year | |
Trade organisations
| EU, OSCE, WTO, OECD and others |
| Statistics | |
| GDP | $0.5 trillion (2016 est.) (nominal) $0.5 trillion (2016 est.) (PPP)[1] |
| GDP rank | 21st (nominal) / 33rd (PPP) |
GDP growth
|  4.1% (2015) [2] |
GDP per capita
| $50,000 (2016, PPP), $52,000 (2016, nominal)[1] |
GDP by sector
| agriculture: 1.8%, industry: 27.4%, services: 70.8 % (2012 est.) |
 0.9% (2012 est.) | |
| 0.25 (2015) | |
Labour force
| 5.1 million (August 2013)[3] |
Labour force by occupation
| agriculture: 1.1%, industry: 28.2%, services: 70.7% (2008 est.) |
| Unemployment |  6.2% or 7.0% (Smoothed and seasonally adjusted data) (November 2015)[4] |
Average gross salary
| €41,000/ $45,000 annual (2016)[5][6] |
| €37,000/ $41,000 annual (2016)[5] | |
Main industries
| telecommunications equipment, wood pulp and paper products, motor vehicles, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel |
| 9th (2017)[7] | |
| External | |
| Exports | $159 Billion (2015 est.)[8] |
Export goods
| machinery, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp and wood, iron and steel products, chemicals, military armaments |
Main export partner
|  Germany 11% United Kingdom 7.7% Denmark 7.3% United States 6.4% |
The economy of Sweden is a developed export-oriented economy aided by timber, hydropower, and iron ore. These constitute the resource base of an economy oriented toward foreign trade. The main industries include motor vehicles, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, industrial machines, precision equipment, chemical goods, home goods and appliances, forestry, iron, and steel. Traditionally a modern agricultural economy that employed over half the domestic workforce, today Sweden further develops engineering, mine, steel, and pulp industries that are competitive internationally, as evidenced by companies like Ericsson, ASEA/ABB, SKF, Alfa Laval, AGA, and Dyno Nobel.[15]
Sweden is a competitive mixed economy featuring a generous universal welfare state financed through relatively high income taxes that ensures that income is distributed across the entire society, a model sometimes called the Nordic model.[16]Approximately 90% of all resources and companies are privately owned, with a minority of 5% owned by the state and another 5% operating as either consumer or producer cooperatives.[17]
Because Sweden as a neutral country did not actively participate in World War II, it did not have to rebuild its economic base, banking system, and country as a whole, as did many other European countries. Sweden has achieved a high standard of living under a mixed system of high-tech capitalism and extensive welfare benefits. Sweden has the second highest total tax revenue behind Denmark, as a share of the country's income. As of 2012, total tax revenue was 44.2% of GDP, down from 48.3% in 2006.[18]
The National Institute of Economic research predicts GDP growth of 1.8%, 3.1% and 3.4% in 2014, 2015 and 2016 respectively.[19] A comparison of upcoming economic growth rates of EU countries revealed that the Baltic states, Poland, and Slovakia are the only countries that are expected to keep comparable or higher growth rates.
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In honor of "Sweden" for lunch,...Granny Annie's gonna serve IKEA's Swedish Meatballs in a rich and creamy egg noodle casserole.
Granny Annie's Politic Cafe IKEA "Swedish" Meatball Casserole
1 pkg. of IKEA Swedish Meatballs
1 bag of egg noodles
1 pint of Half/Half cream
1 cup of sour cream
1 stick of butter
1 onion
1 stalk of chopped celery
1 (8 oz.) pkg. of Havarti Dill cheese
1 tblsp. of Mediterranean Sea salt
1 tblsp. of coarse ground pepper
1 tblsp. dried parsley
Boil your egg noodles in pan of salted water. When noodles are ready to eat, then drain noodles and pour into non-stick Dutch oven pan and add butter and celery and chopped onions. Cook till the onions are translucent. Then add IKEA frozen Meatballs and cook till hot. Add salt and pepper and stir.**Turn stove down to LOW heat now**. Be careful not to burn milk products added now. Add Half/Half cream and sour cream and parsley and stir. Add egg noodles and stir. Add pkg. of Havarti cheese and stir. Turn off stove and cover pan to let your Swedish casserole diplomatically and unabashedly marry all their ingredients to join their perfect union of gastric delight for all. Boner Appertite!
P.S. Sincerest apologies for our ignorant President, from the rest of the normally sane Americans.
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