Mark Rutte
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We very much focused on what do we need to do to make sure that that huge Arctic region, where change is taking place at the moment, where the Chinese and Russians are more and more active, how we can protect that.
That was really the focus of our discussions.
We didn't discuss...
at all about that issue, so we discussed how can we protect Greenland, how can we protect the wider Arctic region.
And again, I think President Trump was the one who reinvigorated NATO at the summit in The Hague, was the famous 5%.
I think we can be thankful for the fact that he again has been able to take leadership on this issue, how can we collectively protect the Arctic.
That issue did not come up anymore in my conversations tonight, Mr. President.
We very much focused on what do we need to do to make sure that that huge Arctic region, where change is taking place at the moment, where the Chinese and Russians are more and more active, how we can protect it.
That was really the focus of our discussions.
That issue did not come up anymore in my conversations tonight, Mr. President.
We very much focused on what do we need to do to make sure that that huge Arctic region, where change is taking place at the moment, where the Chinese and Russians are more and more active, how we can protect that.
That was really the focus of our discussions.
That issue did not come up anymore in my conversations tonight, Mr. President.
He very much focused on what do we need to do to make sure that that huge Arctic region, where change is taking place at the moment, where the Chinese and Russians are more and more active, how we can protect that.
That was really the focus of our discussions.
The NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has been something of a Trump whisperer in this second term, largely by piling on praise.
And the two met just hours after Trump's speech.
And with cameras rolling, Rutte told Trump it pained him to think that the president doubted NATO's commitment to the U.S.,
Trump now says they have a concept of a deal, though there was no mention of the U.S.
actually owning Greenland as he had been demanding.