I may be back to host another NAF gala for 2025. As the US / EU alliance is being torn apart, we need organizations like the Netherland America Foundation more than ever.
The Netherlands has earned a reputation as the drug capital of Europe, with its famous tolerance of soft drugs. But if it’s really the Drug Capital, then you’d assume you could get drugs from the Dutch health care system… which is virtually impossible.
MN GOV Tim Walz was on a trade mission in Amsterdam. But he had to react to JD Vance's Munich speech. "Republicans tell you ‘government doesn’t work,’ then they get into power and prove it.”
Wouldn’t it be fun to set a US tv show in the Netherlands and investigate the subtle quirks of Dutch culture? OR - just trot out the usual stereotypes and get half wrong?