Trump’s Man in Canada Practices a No-Holds-Barred Diplomacy

Ambassador Pete Hoekstra hosted Tamara Lich, leader of the 2022 Freedom Convoy protests, at a July Fourth party at the U.S. ambassador's residence in Ottawa.

Hoekstra has embraced President Trump's blunt tone, calling Canada's dismay over 51st-state talk beyond comprehension and their response 'nasty'.

He demanded an apology from a Canadian newspaper for a column critical of U.S. Olympian hockey players who attended Trump's address to Congress.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford urged Hoekstra to apologize for an expletive-laden tirade against a provincial official at a gala.

Hoekstra's undiplomatic behavior is unprecedented in Canadian diplomacy, according to professor Fen Osler Hampson.