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John Ivison: The U.S. ambassador blurts out Donald Trump’s bluff

The message from the U.S. ambassador in Ottawa seems to be that Canadians should ignore whatever comes out of the White House

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Pete Hoekstra is not quite in the super league of undiplomatic diplomats. Before he was British foreign minister, Boris Johnson once offended the entire nation of Papua New Guinea by linking it to cannibalism.

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But the current U.S. ambassador can claim the rare accomplishment of uniting Canadians coast to coast in their animosity toward him.

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At the Eurasia Group’s Canada-U.S. summit in Toronto on Thursday, he added to his bulging file of diplomatic faux pas when he told his audience that there’s a state in the U.S. (Kentucky) that produces “awesome” bourbon that has been pulled off the shelves in much of Canada.

“If you need some, send me your order,” he said, providing his email address, “and I’ll see that you get some.”

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It is a measure of how unsuited he is to his task that he expected to get a laugh. When he didn’t, he proceeded........

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