A version of this article appears in print on July 13, 2025, Page 11 of the Sunday Magazine with the headline: Mark Rutte Thinks President Trump ‘Deserves All the Praise’.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte calls Trump's decision to sell weapons to NATO for Ukraine 'significant' amid stalled peace talks with Russia and threats of secondary tariffs.

President Trump is set to meet with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte this week on the heels of the U.S. leader announcing plans to sell NATO allies weapons that it can pass on to Ukraine.

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

NATO Sec. Gen. Mark Rutte said "daddy has to sometimes use strong language." He was talking about the US, but MAGA has created Trump shirts with it.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte clarified his comment where he referred to President Trump as “daddy”, stating that he meant it in the sense that some European countries ask the US to… ...