Jan 23, 2025 · DAVOS, Switzerland — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte admitted that U.S. President Donald Trump is being absolutely fair to demand that European allies spend more on defense. "He is right of course, that the problem is not the U.S. and the problem is Europe," Rutte said at a breakfast discussion about Ukraine at the World Economic Forum on ...

Jan 23, 2025 · "I was very, very happy with the position of Trump to put more sanctions on Russia," Mark Rutte told CNBC.

Feb 22, 2024 · It’s been more than five years since Mark Rutte earned the nickname “the Trump whisperer.” It was July 2018 and Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO secretary-general, had ushered everyone but the leaders, ambassadors and a handful of staff out of the room at the military alliance’s headquarters.

Nov 23, 2024 · President-elect Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met this week in Florida– as Europe awaits how the White House’s incoming administration approaches the war in Ukraine.

Jan 21, 2025 · President Donald Trump with former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in the Oval Office in 2019. Now NATO’s secretary-general, Rutte said Jan. 20, 2025, that the alliance will turbocharge defense ...

Nov 24, 2024 · NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte met U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday in Florida as the military alliance prepares for the real estate mogul’s return to power. In a statement published Saturday, NATO said the two met in Palm Beach and discussed “the range of global security issues facing the alliance.”

Dec 2, 2024 · In an interview with the Financial Times, Mark Rutte said deepening ties between US adversaries endangered America as he made a pitch to the president-elect to stick with Nato and continue to...

Nov 23, 2024 · NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has met with President-elect Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida, NATO spokesperson Farah Dakhlallah announced Saturday.

Nov 23, 2024 · NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met with President-elect Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida on Friday (November 22). They discussed the range of global security issues facing the Alliance. The Secretary General and his team also met with Congressman Mike Waltz and members of the President-elect’s national security team.

Nov 23, 2024 · NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday, a spokesperson for the transatlantic military alliance said on Saturday.