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25.06.26 - 20:57
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Trump Cuts Off NATO′s Mark Rutte In Oval Office After Sitting Out Iran War (ZeroHedge)
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Trump Cuts Off NATO's Mark Rutte In Oval Office After Sitting Out Iran War
As expected, President Trump took the opportunity to chastise NATO for its lack of participation in the Iran war while hosting the alliance's Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House.
"We didn't need help on this at all. We demolished them in literally the first week," Trump said of Iran before reporters, while seated across from Rutte. That's when the president said, "But it would have been nice if they would have said, 'We'd like to help.' We didn't even need it, but it would have been nice if they said that."
via Associated Press
Throughout the conflict Trump has openly mused about pulling the United States out of the military alliance - or also at least withholding significant defense funding, and suggested in the Wednesday meeting that he'd be discussing the issue with Rutte behind closed doors.
"We're going to be discussing what took place, and we'll see what happens,&quo...
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