NEW from me & @KFILE: Trump's pick to become the US ambassador to Germany, retired Col. Douglas Macgregor, demonized refugees in Germany as "unwanted Muslim invaders." He advocated to enact martial law on the US-Mexico border and "shoot people" as needed.
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Macgregor, a decorated Army combat veteran and frequent guest on Fox News, made numerous xenophobic and racist comments on radio/TV interviews.
He said Muslim refugees in Germany were "coming with the goal of eventually turning Europe into an Islamic state."
He said Muslim refugees in Germany were "coming with the goal of eventually turning Europe into an Islamic state."
He bashed Germany's armed forces for seeming "more concerned about providing free services to millions of unwanted Muslim invaders, to be blunt, than it does about its own armed forces in the defense of its country."
He supports Trump's decision to withdrawal troops from Germany
He supports Trump's decision to withdrawal troops from Germany
Some more bashing on Germany--Macgregor said Germans have a "sort of sick mentality" by recognizing and remembering its Nazi history.
He lamented that the nation focuses on "13 years of German history" & not the other 1500 years.
He lamented that the nation focuses on "13 years of German history" & not the other 1500 years.
Macgregor has warned that the most serious threat to US national security is in Mexico. He said Mexican cartels were "driving millions of Mexicans with no education, no skills and the wrong culture into the United States, placing them essentially as wards of the American people."
He said on Russian state TV in 2014 that Eastern Ukrainians are Russian, which is against US/EU policy.
He also said the US was wrong to intervene against Serbian ethnic cleansing in Kosovo because the Serbs were "orthodox christians" and Kosovars were Muslims.
He also said the US was wrong to intervene against Serbian ethnic cleansing in Kosovo because the Serbs were "orthodox christians" and Kosovars were Muslims.
Macgregor did not respond to comment. The White House stood behind Macgregor.
Senate Foreign Relations Ranking Member @SenatorMenendez told CNN that Macgregor's comments make him unqualified to serve and urged Senate Republicans to reject his nom.
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Senate Foreign Relations Ranking Member @SenatorMenendez told CNN that Macgregor's comments make him unqualified to serve and urged Senate Republicans to reject his nom.
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