Friday 1 July 2022 10:18 AM Trump 'threatened Sweden with TRADE WAR' in bid to secure release of A$AP Rocky ... trends now
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President Trump warned Sweden he would launch a trade war on the nation if it failed to release US rapper A$AP Rocky, the country's justice minister has revealed.
A$AP Rocky, real name Rakim Mayers, was arrested in Stockholm three years ago after he and two bodyguards were filmed beating up a fan outside a burger joint.
Footage showed three men hitting and kicking Mustafa Jafari before jabbing him with a broken bottle.
Mayers' legal team claimed Jafari had harassed and racially abused the rapper.
Trump, pictured during a TV interview yesterday, allegedly threatened 'trade restrictions'
The 33-year-old Grammy nominee's arrest and detainment in a Stockholm prison cell for over a month triggered a rare diplomatic fracas between Sweden and the US.
Rapper Rocky (pictured in Los Angeles last month) had his cause taken up by Kanye West, Melania Trump, and the White House
President Trump tweeted his support for Rocky after being
