It’s his job to believe in NATO.
Doesn’t mean we also have to.
Exactly, it’s our job as European to see that our security interests are adressed, (in) directly and amongst others, by Nato’s SG Rutte.
Also, there are several layers at play here;
We need the US security umbrella and trade
Even if we don’t need it, you can’t simply say " no" to the biggest economic military force in the world.
When we are pressured by the East and West simultaneously, you need some real balancing act to remain in the field
Rutte , other senior leaders & US senators, have offsite assured us, that Trumps frontpage politics are more of an internal domestic national electoral compaign. Like many say in the US say It’s all deflection from Epstein files and other stuff.
If anyhting is clear about Trump, it’s that he’s a liar and is untrustworthy.
He has factually oftentimes illegally abused his US executive Powers in the USA with ICE.
Internationallly, he’s threatened Greenland, Canada, Panama etc, created an unconstitutional system of Tariffs.
Recently, under his orders like a 100 poeple were executed in international waters, and per yesterday he suddenly bombed Isis camps in Nigeria
Trump associates with known sexual predators, autocrats, war criminals, etc. And denies or sabotage the freedoms of his democratic opposition (and his own allies & partners#added)
In conclusion: Imo , Nato’s SG Rutte statements are most likely either a redirection of Trump’s lies, and partly it’s his own manoeuvring for his own Political position. Personally, neither motivations are especially comforting. But at least it appears that Rutte’s buying time, until we as EU and Friends can find an adequate solution which is being established by bilateral new security packages with countries like Canada, UK, Japan, Taipei etc.
Exactly, it’s our job as European to see that our security interests are adressed, (in) directly and amongst others, by Nato’s SG Rutte.
Also, there are several layers at play here;
We need the US security umbrella and trade
Even if we don’t need it, you can’t simply say " no" to the biggest economic military force in the world.
When we are pressured by the East and West simultaneously, you need some real balancing act to remain in the field
Rutte , other senior leaders & US senators, have offsite assured us, that Trumps frontpage politics are more of an internal domestic national electoral compaign. Like many say in the US say It’s all deflection from Epstein files and other stuff.
If anyhting is clear about Trump, it’s that he’s a liar and is untrustworthy.
He has factually oftentimes illegally abused his US executive Powers in the USA with ICE.
Internationallly, he’s threatened Greenland, Canada, Panama etc, created an unconstitutional system of Tariffs.
Recently, under his orders like a 100 poeple were executed in international waters, and per yesterday he suddenly bombed Isis camps in Nigeria
Trump associates with known sexual predators, autocrats, war criminals, etc. And denies or sabotage the freedoms of his democratic opposition (and his own allies & partners#added)
In conclusion: Imo , Nato’s SG Rutte statements are most likely either a redirection of Trump’s lies, and partly it’s his own manoeuvring for his own Political position. Personally, neither motivations are especially comforting. But at least it appears that Rutte’s buying time, until we as EU and Friends can find an adequate solution which is being established by bilateral new security packages with countries like Canada, UK, Japan, Taipei etc.