Mark Rutte still went to the White House to kiss Trump’s ring, agreeing with Trump that some NATO members had let the US down.
I’m torn on this one. Yes, it’s a bad look, particularly on the side of the Atlantic where words still have meaning. But Rutte isn’t stupid. He knows Europe still needs the Americans for a while until it’s finished scaling up its military capabilities, and Ukraine still needs their weapons and the Russia sanctions in place. So he might be playing the game of telling the demented grandpa “yes, you’re right”, just so he won’t throw a fit - and then wink to the other family members and do the right thing regardless.
Not convincingly enough
It doesn’t help when the current leader of NATO, Mark Rutte, flies to the White House following a summons from Trump, kisses his ring and says that he agrees with Trump that some NATO members let down the USA.
