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Dave Keating
@davekeating.substack.com

Following the insults and threats against Poland by the US ambassador there, the US ambassador to Belgium Bill White is getting in on the act. His appointment was controversial because in the past he promoted a Belgian holocaust denier. www.belganewsagency.eu/trumps-pick-...

brusselstimes.com'I will not tolerate his insults': Backlash grows after US ambassador's outburst against BelgiumBelgium's Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot has summoned Bill White to discuss the ambassador's "unacceptable" statements on X.
Dave Keating
@davekeating.substack.com

The Belgian government has officially summoned the US ambassador to demand an explanation for the "dangerous disinformation" he is spreading about the country.

uk.news.yahoo.comBelgium summons U.S. ambassador over tweet accusing kingdom of antisemitismBelgium summoned the U.S. ambassador on Tuesday over a social media post where he accused the country of antisemitic prosecution of Jewish Belgians, the kingdom's foreign minister said. “Labeling Bel...
Dave Keating
@davekeating.substack.com

Ambassador White's baseless labelling of Belgium as an anti-semitic country is all the more astonishing given that his appointment to the post was almost nixed in 🇺🇸Congress because in the past he has promoted a far-right Belgian holocaust denier.

belganewsagency.euTrump’s pick for US ambassador to Belgium criticised over Holocaust denier linksUS president Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Belgium, Bill White, is facing strong criticism from Senate Democrats after he was found to...

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Dave Keating
@davekeating.substack.com

Now the 🇺🇸 ambassador to 🇧🇪 is threatening to destroy the life of the leader of the main centre-left party in Belgium with 🇺🇸sanctions (could no longer use credit cards etc) because he criticised what ICE is doing. And yet these people have the nerve to say it is Europe threatening free speech.

lesoir.beL’ambassadeur américain Bill White menace Conner Rousseau de sanctions diplomatiquesL’ambassadeur américain exige des excuses de Conner Rousseau, sans lesquelles des sanctions diplomatiques pourraient être prises, selon le « Nieuwsblad ».
Johannes Obers
@johannesobers.bsky.social

EU Comission ; Parlament ; President ; Secretary ; Leaders of fractions ; Leaders of EU Capitals should denounce this behaviour of this ambassador. This guy is a comic book charachter , a dangerous one.