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US President Donald Trump (R), German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (L, UP), NATO Secretary -General Mark Rutte (L) and Prime Minister of the Greek Prime Minister Kirakas Missatakis (R, UP) are going to a family photo before the plenary session of the North Atlantic.
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This week, NATO went down in history, agreeing to a mass campaign for defense at the annual Summit on Wednesday – but Bramans was the focus between President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rute.
Rutte has repeatedly fallen before the US president on Wednesday, both before and after the alliance made a joint declaration, announcing the protection of up to 5% of the GDP of individual members by 2035. Ruthte said Trump “deserves all praise” for making the allies put more security after many years of pressure.
“This would not happen if you were not chosen in 2016 and re-elected last year … So I want to thank you,” Rute Trump said at the NATO summit, the Netherlands, later praising the president as a “man of force … and upsetting him” decisive “interference with Israel.
Compared to the opponents of the Middle East with “two children in the school yard”, who “fight like hell”, Rute intervened, laughing: “And then Dad should sometimes use a strong language to make them stop.”
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte appears near US President Donald Trump, US Secretary of State Mark Rubio and US Secretary of Defense, Pitt Hugset, during the NATO Headshee Summit on June 25, 2025 in The Hague, the Netherlands.
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Ruthte also publicly repeated Trump’s private comments – Which president posted on his truth social site – In which he congratulated the American leader for his “decisive action in Iran, it was truly unusual, and what no one else dared to do.”
The problems of “dad”
There is no way to allow journalists to allow Rute to leave Trump as a “dad” without additional comments. As the starting press conference, after the joint declaration, Sky News is sharpened on their relationship, not a communique.
“The language you used when talking to Donald Trump was noticeable because of his flattery. Today you called it” dad “and you sent him a text message that poured out of the praise,” said the security and defense editor of Sky News Debora Haines, continuing to ask if it was “slightly.”
US President Donald Trump (R) talks to NATO Secretary General Mark Rute when they attend the North Atlantic Council Plenary Semit at the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO) in Hague on June 25, 2025 (photo by Ludovic Marina / AFP) (photo Images)
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Rute, an experienced diplomat, known as a consensus -builder during his broad pre -stay as a Dutch Prime Minister, was not repentant, answering that it was a “question question” and that Washington leader was a “good friend”.
“Do you ever think that this will be the result of this summit if (Trump) would not be re -elected president?” Rute asked.
He added: “When it comes to Iran, the fact that he took this decisive action is very purposeful to make sure Iran will not be able to get hands on nuclear power, I think he deserves all praise.”
Later, Haines asked Trump the same question in response to which the White House leader said that Rute “I like, I think he likes if he is not, I will tell you.” He added that the note was “very affectionate”.
“Predictable” Trump
Rutte asked the Washington Post, or the new pledge costs by 5% – consists of 3.5% to be spent on “clean” military capabilities and 1.5% on security infrastructure – It was almost “keeping Trump happy.”
“There is this request in the US,” please equal, because it is not fair that we are moving much more than others, and that we carry more weight than others, “the US has consistently had this request for 60, 70 years. And finally, we will do it,” the NATO leader concluded.
