NATO Secretary Gen.Mark Rutte praised President Donald Trump’s actions in Iran as necessary to keep NATO allies safe and addressed the commander-in-chief's disappointment in what he describes as a lack of support from NATO allies."I think the president is doing exactly what is needed, degrading Iran's nuclear capability," Rutte said Tuesday on "Special Report.""Could you imagine if Iran would get its hands on a nuclear weapon?" he continued.
"This is an exporter of chaos.It is an exporter of terrorism.
It would be devastating for the region.It would be devastating for the whole world."Rutte’s remarks come after Trump unloaded a fresh round of insults against NATO amid lingering tensions between the alliance and the White House.NATO CHIEF PRAISES TRUMP AT DAVOS, SAYS HE FORCED EUROPE TO ‘STEP UP’ ON DEFENSEPresident Donald Trump looks on during a NATO summit of heads of state and government on June 25, 2025, in The Hague, Netherlands.
(Piroschka Van De Wouw/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)"The numbers that we spend are so crazy on NATO, and they weren't there for us," the president said Monday."We spent all of this money and then when we want to maybe have help on small stuff… they say, ‘No, we'd rather not help.’""Stupid thing to say because we can say that to them if we want, and we might," Trump added.The NATO leader told "Special Report" executive editor Bret Baier he "totally" understands the president’s disappointment with the alliance but clarified that allies have provided military to the U.S.
during the conflict with Iran.US ALLY ANSWERS TRUMP'S CALL ON STRAIT OF HORMUZ: 'PART OF A DIPLOMATIC EFFORT'"When it comes to NATO, I know there is disappointment," Rutte said."But let's also see that these are isolated cases, because there is something more to say about this.
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