Petition to expel Donald Trump's ambassador to Canada gets more than 200,000 signatures
http://thestar.com/politics/federal/petition-to-expel-donald-trumps-ambassador-to-canada-gets-more-than-200000-signatures/article_80a5a1b5-eaf7-41cb-afbd-73e41b5fcb5c.html
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Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca · 26 pts · 16h
Since The Star couldn't be bothered to link the fucking thing: Here's the petition.
Hapankaali@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 15h
Ah, so that's where Hoekstra ended up. In Trump's first term, he was ambassador to the Netherlands (where he was born) and quickly became a national target of ridicule and mockery after being woefully unprepared for encountering journalists who try to do their jobs and call out bullshit when they see it.
bedwyr@piefed.ca · 6 pts · 10h
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/11/netherlands-holland-peter-hoekstra-ambassador
The aftermath of Hoekstra claiming there were no go zones for Christians in the Netherlands, they were burning cars, burning politicians.
He denied saying it at first, calling it fake news, after their news published video of him saying it, this happened, the video.
What a fucking tool this guy. Holland, MI is entirely different from Holland, Netherlands, (Hoekstra represented the hard right SW MI dutch enclave around Holland, MI, 70 some percent republican votes last I checked.
Hapankaali@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 10h
Well, it's worse - in the same interview in which he claimed that it was fake news that he said what he did in fact say, he denied claiming it was fake news.
After numerous more diplomatic faux pas, he spent much of his ambassadorship (a position in which he is supposed to be neutral with respect to the politics of the host country) stumping for an almost comically racist neo-Nazi party, whose leader openly admitted to taking money from the Kremlin and claimed black people are genetically inferior.
Can't imagine why Canadians would have an issue with him.
CareHare@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 11h
As the old saying goes: If you ain't much, you'll be ripped to shreds and humiliated by the Dutch.
GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 11h
No, do not send him Canada, send him to Brazil or Mexico
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2h
just back to the US is fine
fucker should really get out, though. he's shown that he's simply not fit for the job. well, what the job is supposed to be — he's perfectly fit for what his role is probably supposed to be in this fascist administration, which is to piss off Canada
I still dgaf. gtfo, Pete. your lack of understanding why threats of invasion piss us off show that you are not fit for the position, and that you're just a dumb cunt. if I saw you in public, I'd heckle the fuck out of you, and I avoid confrontation as much as possible
kreskin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2h
They should tar and feather him before expelling him.
Abyssian@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2h
They should expel him from the Earth.