Trump ambassador calls out ‘very rude’ Belgian health minister over ‘antisemitic’ prosecution of religious figures
This is performative politics again.
President Donald Trump’s ambassador to Belgium on Monday slammed his host country’s deputy prime minister and health minister, accusing his department of antisemitism.
In a lengthy social media post, Ambassador Bill White singled out Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Social Affairs Frank Vandenbroucke, imploring him to “drop” what he described as Belgium’s “ridiculous” and antisemitic “prosecution” of three Jewish religious figures who perform the custom of circumcision, known as brit milah, in Antwerp.
“You must make a legal provision to allow Jewish religious MOHELS to perform their duties here in Belgium,” White wrote on X on Monday. “BELGIUM is a civilized country. Stop this unacceptable harassment of the Jewish community here in Antwerp and in Belgium. It’s 2026, you need to get into the 21st century and allow our brethren Jewish families in Belgium to legally execute their religious freedoms!”
Anti Semitism is UNACCEPTABLE in any form & it must be rooted out of our society.
President TRUMP @POTUS @realDonaldTrump @JDVance @VP @SecRubio @StateSEAS @DeputySecState and I call upon all of Belgium to do a much better job on this subject !
TO BELGIUM,
SPECIFICALLY YOU…
— Ambassador Bill White (@BillWhiteUSA) February 16, 2026
White, who was confirmed to his post last October, then went further, alleging Vandenbroucke “refused” to shake his hand or be photographed with him because of his “clear” “dislike” of the United States, “the country that fought and where tens of thousands of our nation’s sons died for Belgium’s freedom twice” during the first and second World Wars.
“Take action NOW! The world is watching. America is counting on you to do the right thing,” he wrote. I am heading to Antwerp next week to meet with these MOHELS and their families. Frank you and Conner Rousseau should come with me!”
Rousseau is another Belgian politician and chairman of the country’s social-democratic Flemish Vooruit party.
Vandenbroucke did not respond to the Washington Examiner’s request for comment.
White appears to be referring to raids by Belgian police of three Jewish homes in Antwerp last May, in which officers were reportedly looking for knives and other equipment used in circumcisions, in addition to documentation, after a local rabbi complained that they were also performing metzitzah b’peh, in which mohels suck the penises of the circumcised boys to clean the wound.
Rabbi Aharon Eckstein, one of the rabbis who was raided and …
This is performative politics again.
President Donald Trump’s ambassador to Belgium on Monday slammed his host country’s deputy prime minister and health minister, accusing his department of antisemitism.
In a lengthy social media post, Ambassador Bill White singled out Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Social Affairs Frank Vandenbroucke, imploring him to “drop” what he described as Belgium’s “ridiculous” and antisemitic “prosecution” of three Jewish religious figures who perform the custom of circumcision, known as brit milah, in Antwerp.
“You must make a legal provision to allow Jewish religious MOHELS to perform their duties here in Belgium,” White wrote on X on Monday. “BELGIUM is a civilized country. Stop this unacceptable harassment of the Jewish community here in Antwerp and in Belgium. It’s 2026, you need to get into the 21st century and allow our brethren Jewish families in Belgium to legally execute their religious freedoms!”
Anti Semitism is UNACCEPTABLE in any form & it must be rooted out of our society.
President TRUMP @POTUS @realDonaldTrump @JDVance @VP @SecRubio @StateSEAS @DeputySecState and I call upon all of Belgium to do a much better job on this subject !
TO BELGIUM,
SPECIFICALLY YOU…
— Ambassador Bill White (@BillWhiteUSA) February 16, 2026
White, who was confirmed to his post last October, then went further, alleging Vandenbroucke “refused” to shake his hand or be photographed with him because of his “clear” “dislike” of the United States, “the country that fought and where tens of thousands of our nation’s sons died for Belgium’s freedom twice” during the first and second World Wars.
“Take action NOW! The world is watching. America is counting on you to do the right thing,” he wrote. I am heading to Antwerp next week to meet with these MOHELS and their families. Frank you and Conner Rousseau should come with me!”
Rousseau is another Belgian politician and chairman of the country’s social-democratic Flemish Vooruit party.
Vandenbroucke did not respond to the Washington Examiner’s request for comment.
White appears to be referring to raids by Belgian police of three Jewish homes in Antwerp last May, in which officers were reportedly looking for knives and other equipment used in circumcisions, in addition to documentation, after a local rabbi complained that they were also performing metzitzah b’peh, in which mohels suck the penises of the circumcised boys to clean the wound.
Rabbi Aharon Eckstein, one of the rabbis who was raided and …
Trump ambassador calls out ‘very rude’ Belgian health minister over ‘antisemitic’ prosecution of religious figures
This is performative politics again.
President Donald Trump’s ambassador to Belgium on Monday slammed his host country’s deputy prime minister and health minister, accusing his department of antisemitism.
In a lengthy social media post, Ambassador Bill White singled out Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Social Affairs Frank Vandenbroucke, imploring him to “drop” what he described as Belgium’s “ridiculous” and antisemitic “prosecution” of three Jewish religious figures who perform the custom of circumcision, known as brit milah, in Antwerp.
“You must make a legal provision to allow Jewish religious MOHELS to perform their duties here in Belgium,” White wrote on X on Monday. “BELGIUM is a civilized country. Stop this unacceptable harassment of the Jewish community here in Antwerp and in Belgium. It’s 2026, you need to get into the 21st century and allow our brethren Jewish families in Belgium to legally execute their religious freedoms!”
Anti Semitism is UNACCEPTABLE in any form & it must be rooted out of our society.
President TRUMP @POTUS @realDonaldTrump @JDVance @VP @SecRubio @StateSEAS @DeputySecState and I call upon all of Belgium to do a much better job on this subject !
TO BELGIUM,
SPECIFICALLY YOU…
— Ambassador Bill White (@BillWhiteUSA) February 16, 2026
White, who was confirmed to his post last October, then went further, alleging Vandenbroucke “refused” to shake his hand or be photographed with him because of his “clear” “dislike” of the United States, “the country that fought and where tens of thousands of our nation’s sons died for Belgium’s freedom twice” during the first and second World Wars.
“Take action NOW! The world is watching. America is counting on you to do the right thing,” he wrote. I am heading to Antwerp next week to meet with these MOHELS and their families. Frank you and Conner Rousseau should come with me!”
Rousseau is another Belgian politician and chairman of the country’s social-democratic Flemish Vooruit party.
Vandenbroucke did not respond to the Washington Examiner’s request for comment.
White appears to be referring to raids by Belgian police of three Jewish homes in Antwerp last May, in which officers were reportedly looking for knives and other equipment used in circumcisions, in addition to documentation, after a local rabbi complained that they were also performing metzitzah b’peh, in which mohels suck the penises of the circumcised boys to clean the wound.
Rabbi Aharon Eckstein, one of the rabbis who was raided and …
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