NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte explains why he called President Trump 'Daddy' following the president’s forceful comments on the Israel, Iran ceasefire

Donald Trump was praised as a peacemaker at the 2025 NATO summit, with Secretary General Mark Rutte calling him a 'good friend' and likening him to a 'daddy' scolding his children

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte praised President Donald Trump for making Europe “pay in a BIG way,” as allied leaders gathered in the Netherlands on Tuesday for a historic summit that could unite them around a new defense spending pledge or widen ...

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte referred to President Trump as "daddy" during a NATO event Wednesday, and then defended those words during a press conference later. "Daddy has to sometimes use ...

The US president says he is "disappointed" in Putin and will be sending "top-of-the-line" weapons to Ukraine, via Nato.

In 2018, a NATO summit during Trump’s first term unraveled due to a dispute over defense spending. Ahead of the meeting, Britain, France and Germany committed to the 5% goal.

The European bloc welcomed a shift in US rhetoric on Ukraine but pressed Washington to chip in. The EU, however, failed to agree on a new round of sanctions on Russia.

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