The new US ambassador to the Netherlands had a rough first day on the job — when he was grilled by Dutch journalists about his Islamophobic lies.
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00:00There are politicians that are being burned.
00:03I didn't say that.
00:16Speaking of threats, at one point you mentioned in a debate
00:21that there are no-go zones in the Netherlands
00:25and that cars and politicians are being set on fire in the Netherlands.
00:29I didn't say that.
00:30That is actually an incorrect statement.
00:33We would call it fake news.
00:35I never said that.
00:36Is that fake news because it's what you literally said?
00:38No, it's not what I said.
00:39The Islamic movement has now gotten to a point
00:42where they have put Europe into chaos.
00:45Chaos in the Netherlands, there are cars being burned,
00:48there are politicians that are being burned,
00:50and yes, there are no-go zones in the Netherlands.
00:55Do you now reach the conclusion that you were wrong
01:01when you stated that politicians and cars are being burned?
01:05I issued a statement.
01:09I expressed my regrets and my apology for the comments that I made.
01:14And I'm not revisiting the issue.