Nato Chief Mark Rutte Smiles On Even As Donald Trump Trashes Everything Alliance Stands For

The alliance secretary-general still seems hesitant to call out "Daddy's" claims.

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Nato’s secretary general failed to call out Donald Trump while the US president tore into allies left, right and centre during a joint appearance this morning.

Mark Rutte is desperately trying to keep the president on side so he does not follow through on his threats to pull America out of the defence alliance.

He even praised Trump by publicly referring to him as “daddy” at last year’s Nato summit.

But at this year’s conference in Ankara, he sat in painful silence next to the US leader while Trump trashed key Nato members – and undermined the whole concept of the defensive alliance.

The president began: “I’m not happy with Nato because of what they did in Greenland.”

Trump demanded Denmark hand over its semi-autonomous territory earlier this year, but Denmark and Nato refused to bend to his demand.

The president continued:........

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