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.

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’.

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.

“In a nutshell, we’re going to make top of the line weapons, and they’ll be sent to NATO” for Ukraine, Mr. Trump said while appearing with alliance Secretary General Mark Rutte.

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte gestures during a meeting with President Donald Trump at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, on June 25, 2025. AP Photo/Alex Brandon What To Know It is "up ...

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks next to US President Donald Trump, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during the NATO summit of heads of state and ...

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.