On July 4, as the US celebrated Independence Day, Switzerland’s top circle of ministers also had reason to rejoice. They’d secured a deal to avoid punitive tariffs from Donald Trump — or so they ...

Bromance Rutte, the former Dutch prime minister, is no stranger to dealings with Trump, having deployed his easy charm in several visits to Washington, DC, during Trump’s first term.

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’.

US President Donald Trump, right, and Mark Rutte, secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), shake hands during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in ...

Europe must dramatically ramp up its defenses against a resurgent Russia, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said in an interview with the New York Times published on July 5, crediting U.S ...

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