Trump's bail offer for jailed rapper rings hollow in Sweden

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

BERLIN (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said he spoke with Sweden's prime minister Saturday about jailed rapper A$AP Rocky and "offered to personally vouch for his bail," a hollow offer in a criminal justice system that doesn't include bail.

Trump tweeted that during "a very good call" with Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, he also "assured him that A$AP was not a flight risk." The platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated artist has been in custody since early this month over an alleged fight.

While not an option in Sweden, bail is common in the United States. A defendant is allowed to post an amount of money set by the court to guarantee the defendant will appear for trial if he or she is freed pending those proceedings.

Urged on by the first lady and celebrities including Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West, the president had said in a Friday tweet that he would intervene to try to free Rocky, whose real name is Rakim May.

"Our teams will be talking further, and we agreed to speak again in the next 48 hours!" Trump wrote Saturday after speaking with Lofven.

The prime minister's press secretary, Toni Eriksson, confirmed hours later that Lofven and Trump had a conversation that "was friendly and respectful and lasted about 20 minutes."

Lofven "made certain to emphasize the complete independence of the Swedish judicial system, prosecutors and courts," Eriksson said in a statement. "He underlined that in Sweden everyone is equal before the law and that the government cannot and will not attempt to influence the legal proceedings."

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You mean the Swedish prime minister doesn't have his own Roy Cohn?

[ProudLib72]

1. Sweden refuses to take Chump's change

Hey Rocky, get a bucket and bail yourself out!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. You know Dolt 45 told his minions, "Quick, find a famous black guy I can do a favor for

so I can say I'm not a racist." Sweden, fortunately, is a civilized country with what seems to be a fair criminal justice system that can't be influenced by politicians. If their system doesn't allow for bail Rocky isn't going to get bail, no matter how much flattery Spanky offers them.

[spanone]

3. and he's the man with the nuclear football.

[Raven]

4. Let me get this straight...he can bail this rapper but he won't release children from cages? n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

8. +1000!

[Lady_Chat]

12. +1000

[SMC22307]

5. Perhaps opportunists Kanye and Kim Kartrashian should focus on kids in cages...

you know, great humanitarians that they are.

[Lady_Chat]

13. +1000

[question everything]

6. And since when does his "vouch" hold water?

His history is loaded with builders and contractors who were left holding the bag. Or do with partial payment.

[CatMor]

7. He broke the law in Sweden and ..

is being held for about six more days. I can't believe it's being treated like some big deal. I guess Kanye and Kim Kardashian are the new advocates for the State Department dealing with other countries. Such a big deal is being made for something that is nothing. Now we supposedly have Donnie, Melania, Ivanka and Jared up in arms over nothing because they're trying to show they're not racists.

[smirkymonkey]

9. Oh good. I am glad he is focusing on things that are really important.

What a useless POS.

[RainCaster]

10. Why should any country trust his word?

We have all seen too many examples of DFT lying to us. And foreign governments and judges, congress, etc. Why should they trust him? I wouldn't.

[nuxvomica]

11. "He underlined that in Sweden everyone is equal before the law"

That's quite an insult, as it tacitly says "Unlike in your country". But the insult isn't against the U.S. judicial system so much as the corrupt way Trump engages with it.

[JI7]

14. fuck Kanye and Kim and the entire fucking bunch of them

[Lady_Chat]

15. +1000

[Lady_Chat]

16. After days of racists rants, Trump now wants you to believe he cares

about what is "important" to the African American community. And Melania "I don't care, do you?" Trump, is such an avid fan of rap, she ran to her husband to get help for her favorite rapper. And of course according to Trump, all his "black" friends too.

Is anyone buying this? I am furious at Kim and Kanye. If they had the ability to really do good, they could have made the children in cages, their first priority. But no, they are on their own power trip, and so is Trump, looking to make points with the black community.

It all stinks.

[lunasun]

17. This person

A$AP
Do you ever feel like you’re being forced to address these issues?
They're not forcing me to do shit. I'm just gonna stay black and die. Why, because I'm black? So every time something happens because I'm black I gotta stand up? What the fuck am I, Al Sharpton now? I'm A$AP Rocky. I did not sign up to be no political activist. I wanna talk about my motherfuckin' lean, my best friend dying, the girls that come in and out of my life, the jiggy fashion that I wear, my new inspirations in drugs! I don't wanna talk about no fucking Ferguson and shit because I don't live over there! I live in fucking Soho and Beverly Hills. I can't relate. I'm in the studio; I'm in these fashion studios; I'm in these bitches' drawers. I'm not doing anything outside of that. That's my life

[Wounded Bear]

18. You mean the Swedes don't trust Trump? I wonder why?