Trump's ambassador names one thing America needs from Canada - POLITICO

It turns out U.S. farmers can't do without potash...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/11/canada-potash-pete-hoekstra-00958424

 

America didn’t send us their best

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zpdsxN-EvZo

 

Pete Hoekstra, U.S. ambassador to Netherlands, accused of hosting fundraiser for FvD at embassy - The Washington Post

Dutch officials demanded answers from Pete Hoekstra, the U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands, on Tuesday in light of reports that the Trump appointee had held a private event for a rising right-wing political party and its donors at the U.S. Embassy in The Hague earlier this month. On Monday, Dutch magazine De Groene Amsterdammer published a detailed description of the Sept. 10 gathering, attended by a large group of Forum for Democracy (FvD) members and supporters in the business community, bringing it to widespread attention.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/09/22/us-ambassador-pete-hoekstra-netherlands-embassy-fvd/

Trump's ambassador to Netherlands finally admits 'no-go zone' claims - BBC News

Mr Hoekstra, a Republican congressman appointed to the envoy's job by Donald Trump, last month denied making the claims, calling them "fake news", despite being shown video evidence. Confronted by Dutch journalists at a disastrous first press conference on Wednesday, he refused to answer questions about his comments.

On Friday Mr Hoekstra finally admitted to Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf that he had made the remarks, to a right wing gathering in the US, and said he was "shocked" by them....
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42671283

Dutch reporter catches Hoekstra peddling ‘fake news’

A Dutch journalist confronted former U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, now the U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands, about his false claim in 2015 that Muslims have made some parts of the Netherlands inaccessible, where cars and even politicians are “being burned.”

Questioned on camera by reporter Wouter Zwart, a correspondent for the news program Nieuwsuur, about the existence of “no-go zones,” Hoekstra denied having made the statements, calling it “fake news.”....
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2017/12/22/hoekstra-dutch-interview-muslims/108847708/