Former TT Reporter: Trump's wife is a whore

He worked for nearly four decades as a political reporter at the Swedish News Agency, TT. Today, he is no longer bound by the agency’s demands of journalistic neutrality and has become a recurring critic of the Sweden Democrats and the center-right government’s cooperation with the party. At times, it has gone even further and has seriously derailed.

Nilsson began at TT in the 1980s when Olof Palme was Prime Minister and during his long career came to cover Swedish national politics up close. After 35 years as a political reporter, he left TT in December 2022, at the age of 67, with 16 months remaining until his planned retirement.

The background was a widely noted post on Twitter, now X. Nilsson wrote that he had never taken a stance for any government or party during his journalistic career but that the then-government and its supporting party had crossed a line by deciding not to continue funding the Swedish Committee Against Antisemitism, SKMA. He simultaneously referred to the Sweden Democrats’ alleged Nazi roots.

TT’s management assessed that the post constituted a stance against the government that was incompatible with his role as a political reporter. Nilsson was therefore offered other duties as an editor. He chose instead to resign.

TT’s managing editor, Vicktor Olsson, said the tweet was incompatible with the role of political reporter, while Nilsson himself believed that a reprimand would have sufficed.

Since his departure, Nilsson has continued to express himself much more freely about Swedish politics. In an opinion article in Göteborgs-Posten in May 2024, he wrote about the Sweden Democrats’ so-called troll factory and claimed that the party uses social media to spread disinformation, hate, and distrust. He also argued that it should come as no surprise that SD has used such methods.

In another opinion article the same month, Nilsson criticized journalists whom he said were too cautious in addressing the Sweden Democrats. He argued that journalists must dare to confront politicians when they present what he describes as clear lies, suggesting that journalists’ fear plays into SD’s hands.

The government parties have also been criticized. In another GP piece from May 2024, Nilsson wrote about what he called the right’s historical lessons from the 1930s. He focused especially on the center-right parties’ cooperation with the Sweden Democrats and argued that the right had made itself dependent on the “far right”.

Conflict with SD

Nilsson’s statements have also provoked strong reactions from SD. In the spring of 2023, he ended up in a public conflict with MP Björn Söder after Nilsson wrote about the Sweden Democrats’ historical roots.

Söder then attacked Nilsson, questioning his work as a journalist during the 38 years he had worked at TT. Nilsson responded by criticizing Söder’s statements and their historical connotations.

There is thus a clear difference between the role Nilsson held during his time at TT and his public profile after his resignation. As an employed political reporter, he was expected to keep his personal political positions out of his reporting. After leaving the news agency, he has instead repeatedly appeared as a commentator and debater with strong opinions about the Sweden Democrats, the government, and the Swedish right.

“Stupid whore”

After leaving TT, he has delivered increasingly harsh attacks, primarily against the Sweden Democrats, while expressing support for Islam, immigration, and multiculturalism.

Another thing Nilsson does not like is the American president Donald Trump. In a series of posts on X, he attacked Trump’s wife, Melania, calling her first a “whore” and then a “stupid whore”:

After the posts received attention — and Nilsson possibly sobered up — he backtracked:

A few days ago, Nilsson announced that he is voting for the Green Party: