Sweet Nothings: Rutte’s Trump-Whispering Is Counterproductive

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte might have been the only European in the room who enjoyed President Donald Trump’s lengthy, meandering speech last month at the World Economic Forum at Davos. He was lavishly praised not once but twice by the president, who called him an “excellent Secretary General” and, later, “a very smart man.” In subsequent bilateral talks, Rutte appeared to have used his chemistry with Trump to help reach a framework deal on the future of Greenland, which at least for the time being has eased tensions between the U.S. administration and Europeans. This episode was only the

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