Dutch finance minister’s skating tweet lands him on thin ice

THE HAGUE : The Dutch finance minister was on thin ice Friday for taking to a speed skating oval with one of the Netherlands’ greatest Olympians. Finance Minister Wopke Hoekstra faced criticism Friday for breaching the countr y’s tough coronavirus lockdown af ter posting a photo of himself on Twitter skating alongside Sven Kramer, the winner of four Winter Olympics gold medals in speed skating. “Sport is incredibly nice and also healthy,” Hoekstra tweeted.