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

The blossoming friendship between President Donald Trump and NATO chief Mark Rutte, and a "daddy" comment, raised eyebrows among NATO watchers this week. Rutte, a politician known for his statecraft, ...

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte called President Donald Trump "Daddy" on Wednesday, reacting to the president's recent use ...

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte referred to President Trump as "daddy" during a NATO event Wednesday, and then defended those words during a press conference later. "Daddy has to sometimes use ...

Calling him “daddy.” International politicians coming face-to-face with President Donald Trump have leaned into a new tactic for currying favor during his second term: flattery. The nominations and ...

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte clarified his ‘daddy’ remark to US President Donald Trump as he charmed the POTUS for the benefit of the group ...

The daddy thing, I didn’t call him ‘daddy.’ What I said is that sometimes, in Europe, I hear sometimes countries saying, ‘Hey, Mark, will the U.S. stay with us?’ And I said that sounds a little bit ...

Mark Rutte, who has been Secretary General of NATO since October 2024, referred to Donald Trump as "Daddy" when he praised ...

The White House leaned into the “Daddy” title for President Trump after the NATO secretary-general used the term to refer to the president during their news conference early Wednesday. The ...

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte cannot stop heaping praise on President Donald Trump’s foreign policy. The two appeared at a press event on Tuesday for the NATO summit currently underway at the ...

Rutte playfully called Trump “Daddy” after the president used an analogy of children fighting on a playground to describe ...

NATO chief referred to Trump as ‘daddy’ while praising his intervention with Iran and Israel ...