How Pete Hoekstra became 'the most controversial U.S. ambassador in history’

APMA
Dec 22, 2025
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Tom Blackwell, National Post

Dec 13, 2025

“For the first time, it appears that the American ambassador’s audience in everything he says publicly is the president,” said Flavio Volpe, president of Canada’s Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association. “He is very likely making his boss happy, while he makes the rest of us uneasy … He’s not a traditional ambassador. He’s not from central casting.”

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