Trump attends NATO Summit where Rutte congratulates him for making Europe "pay in a big way" with a new 5% defense target and his "decisive action" on the Israel-Iran ceasefire.

The White House created a viral meme video set to Usher's "Daddy's Home" after NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte's comment calling President Trump "daddy" during the summit.

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.

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’.

Rutte also assured Trump that NATO member nations were prepared to meet his demand to spend 5% of GDP on defense. “Donald, you have driven us to a really, really important moment for America and ...

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… ...

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During a press briefing on Wednesday, NATO Sec. Gen. Mark Rutte discussed Russia's President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump. Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum tells Trump, "we're no ...