Trump’s pick for top diplomat in Ottawa ‘may be in trouble’ after Senate hearing, says former Canadian diplomat

Incoming U.S. envoy Pete Hoekstra will need to restore the trust between the two countries when 'his boss seems quite happy to hit Canada like a swinging piñata,' says Fen Osler Hampson.

Incoming U.S. envoy to Canada Pete Hoekstra tells American Senators “Canada is a sovereign state," while U.S. President Donald Trump continues to threaten Canada with annexation. Global Entrepreneurship Summit photograph by Valerie Kuypers/Flickr

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BY IREM KOCA

March 14, 2025

Donald Trump’s nominee as Canada's ambassador is walking into a diplomatic “minefield” and “has his work cut out for him” with the American president taking "a giant wrecking ball” to the relationship in an escalating trade war, say experts.

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