This 22-Year-Old Has Been Trolling Donald Trump All Week via Sweden's Official Twitter Account

Max Karlsson uses @sweden for a political protest

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Since 2012, Sweden has been letting ordinary citizens take over the official @sweden Twitter account, one week at a time, with next to no oversight. It’s been risky move intended to help the country promote itself, unfiltered, as a travel destination, with each citizen serving as a kind of de facto tourism ambassador.

There have been some very notable tweeters along the way—the latest being 22-year-old Max Karlsson, who’s been using the account this week to critique President Trump for his comments about Sweden over the weekend.

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