Pete Hoekstra made the blunder while being questioned by a journalist from Dutch broadcaster NOS over remarks made at a 2015 conference. Chaos in the Netherlands, there are cars being burned, there are politicians that are being burned.”US ambassador discusses regional security with COAS“And yes, there are no-go zones in the Netherlands,” he added. When pressed further during the interview, the ambassador then denied accusing his interviewer of “fake news” altogether. “I didn’t call that fake news,” Hoekstra said. '”Hoekstra — a Dutch-American and former representative for Michigan — was sworn into his new position as ambassador on December 11.

Source: The Express Tribune December 23, 2017 09:00 UTC