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

Hours after NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte praised Donald Trump by calling him “daddy” at the 2025 NATO summit, the ...

At a NATO summit Wednesday, Secretary General Mark Rutte referred to President Trump as “Daddy” after Trump berated Israel and Iran for violating a cease-fire he helped broker.

The White House leaned into the “Daddy” title for President Trump after the NATO secretary general used the term to refer to ...

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

NATO Chief Mark Rutte got the world’s attention after referring to President Trump as “daddy” after he used the analogy of ...

Trump negotiated a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, prompting Mark Rutte to refer to the de-escalation as an occasion when “daddy needs to use strong language.” ...

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

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte clarified his comment where he referred to President Trump as “daddy”, stating that he ...

US President Donald Trump dominated the discussions at this year’s NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands – receiving gushing ...

But Rutte’s cuddly nickname for Trump raised eyebrows around the world and the NATO chief was forced to quickly walk it back.