NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte referred to US leadership, not Trump, when he said "daddy" uses strong language sometimes.

Mark Rutte, who has been Secretary General of NATO since October 2024, referred to Donald Trump as "Daddy" when he praised ...

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte clarified his ‘daddy’ remark to US President Donald Trump as he charmed the POTUS for the ...

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte sought to clarify his earlier comment referring to U.S. President Donald Trump as “daddy,” stating it was meant as a joke, The Hill reported on June 25.

Diplomats say Rutte is one of only a handful of European leaders Trump willingly picks up the phone to and that the two text ...

Mark Rutte clarified that he didn’t view Donald Trump as 'daddy', explaining he was simply using the term as a metaphor ...

Held amidst the Israel-Iran conflict, the NATO summit in The Hague is being hailed a success for the way it managed to bring ...

Mark Rutte, NATO Secretary General, referred to Donald Trump as 'Daddy' as he praised the US president's approach to the Iran ...

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (left) and US President Donald Trump talk to the media during the NATO summit of heads of ...

"Daddy sometimes has to use tough language,” said Rutte of the US president, capping a fawning display in the Hague.

To talk about President Trump, Ukraine and NATO’s new spending commitments, Nick Schifrin sat down with Secretary General ...