Secure Freedom Radio: With Amb. Pete Hoekstra

AMB. PETE HOEKSTRA, former Congressman (1993-2011), Michigan’s 2nd Congressional District, former US Ambassador to the Netherlands (2017-2021), Fellow, Center for Security Policy, @Petehoekstra

Part 1: 

• Trump’s foreign policy was disruptive –  a “healthy disruptive”
• Pete Hoekstra: Under Obama-Biden, the U.S. was engaged in numerous active battlefields, while President Trump tried diplomacy

Part 2: 

• The Netherlands spent around 1.2% of its GDP on defense – well below the NATO threshold
• Amb. Hoekstra argues that under Trump’s leadership, the U.S. upgraded the transatlantic relationship

Part 3: 

• In 2000, Amb. Hoekstra voted against a bill that would establish permanent trade relations with the People’s Republic of China – Why?
• Huawei, ZTE, and other Chinese tech giants are trying to dominate the economic world
• The conquest for Rare Earth Metals is on the horizon

Part 4: 

• Biden team may partner with private firms to monitor extremist chatter online
• Hoekstra: The Director of National Intelligence is “broadening” the guidelines for what the intelligence community can do inside of the U.S.
• Hoekstra: The government should be looking for new ways to build roads, not spy on its citizens

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