Donald Trump has again attacked Nato for not supporting the US in the Iran war, following a private meeting with its Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House.
In a post shared to Truth Social after the meeting, the US President said: “NATO WASN’T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, AND THEY WON’T BE THERE IF WE NEED THEM AGAIN.”
Meanwhile, Rutte has described his meeting to CNN with Trump as “very frank” and “very open”, despite clear disagreements.
NATO needs to replace Rutte. He’s a worthless sack of shit.
He is and he always was as prime minister too. We called him Teflon Mark because he kept coming back scandal after scandal. Shit just doesn’t cling to him. That’s really the main thing he’s good at, laughing problems away. And being a puppet for big corporations which is what his party was always about.
In that sense he fits in well with Trump. No substance.
The time he has to spend licking Trump’s boots is time he can’t use to do worse things.
There’s enough shit that would cling to him if only somebody would hold him accountable.
I think he is sacrificing himself so none of the state presidents has to. It is hard to watch but I really think this is a strategy.
I think Rutte thinks this. But appeasing an autocrat will only make things worse. Plus what he’s doing is pretty insulting to the NATO members that quite rightly have refused to join this war.