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As a congressman, Pete Hoekstra once testified that tariffs were bad for business.
But as Trump's ambassador to Canada, he now champions the trade policies that are being linked to job losses in his former Michigan district.
https://www.propublica.org/article/pete-hoekstra-michigan-canada-tariffs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Michigan #Canada #Tariffs #Trade #USPolitics #Business #Economy
@ProPublica What’s new? As US ambassador to the Netherlands, he was interfering with Dutch politics by supporting the far right https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42671283
and
https://www.politico.eu/article/pete-hoekstra-us-ambassador-under-fire-for-hosting-dutch-far-right-bash/
@ProPublica YOu need to cover the electrical line repair political retaliation in Michigan too. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/30/electricity-prices-jump-after-trump-rejects-disaster-aid-for-michigan-utilities-00665572
@ProPublica I am Canadian and the man is loathsome and arrogant and does little to help the view of usa in our country
@ProPublica Yup that is just Pete, the guy has no clue. Look at how he is clinging to Trump, clueless to the fact people are starting to see the President in the rearview mirror.
@ProPublica Of course he changed his position, he's a politician. Like all pols, he has no spine and is firmly plugged into station WII-FM (what's in it for me?)
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