Pete Ricketts

Re: Five Days After Trump Signs the Russia Sanctions Bill, Rubio Announces That Putin Is Invited to the G20 at Trump's Doral Resort — "We Hope That's an Invitation He'll Accept" — and Republican Senators Answer That Putin Is "a Pariah" Who Should Be Treated "Like the Dictator He Is"

Sep 23, 2026

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Putin should not be invited to [the] G20 summit. He is prosecuting a war in Ukraine right now, and we should treat him like the dictator he is.

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Re: Xi Arrives in Washington Expecting Trump to Freeze Taiwan Arms Sales Under a 1982 Communiqué — the $14 Billion Package Congress Approved in January Is Still Unsigned, John Moolenaar Says Beijing’s Objections Should Be "Rejected Out of Hand," and Pete Ricketts Says China Is "Not Going to Be Allowed to Take Taiwan by Force"

Sep 22, 2026

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We need to continue just to again let them know that they’re not going to be allowed to take Taiwan by force.

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Re: Xi Arrives in Washington Expecting Trump to Freeze Taiwan Arms Sales Under a 1982 Communiqué — the $14 Billion Package Congress Approved in January Is Still Unsigned, John Moolenaar Says Beijing’s Objections Should Be "Rejected Out of Hand," and Pete Ricketts Says China Is "Not Going to Be Allowed to Take Taiwan by Force"

Sep 16, 2026

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We are not going to tolerate a change in the status of Taiwan by force. … That’s the best thing we can do for the Taiwanese. [Ricketts, speaking to reporters after a Hudson Institute event on competition with China, noted that Trump had approved an $11 billion arms package for Taiwan in December 2025 — the largest to date — and said Taiwan should keep strengthening its own deterrence, including through higher defense spending and reserve reform.]

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Re: Trump Waives Tariffs on 300,000 Metric Tons of Foreign Ground Beef to Cut Grocery Prices — and Nearly Every Republican From Cattle Country Turns on Him, With One Calling It "Worse Than Socialism"

Aug 21, 2026

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I appreciate the Administration’s work to lower grocery prices. Short term policy shifts do not equal long term solutions. Flooding the market with lower quality beef compromises Nebraska farmers and ranchers. They should be enabled to grow herd sizes and meet consumer demand.

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Pete Ricketts

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