Donald Trump has again attacked Nato for not supporting the US in the Iran war, following a private meeting with its Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House.
In a post shared to Truth Social after the meeting, the US President said: “NATO WASN’T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, AND THEY WON’T BE THERE IF WE NEED THEM AGAIN.”
Meanwhile, Rutte has described his meeting to CNN with Trump as “very frank” and “very open”, despite clear disagreements.
This exactly. Jens Stoltenberg stepped down simply because everybody knew that Rutte was good at deescalating with Trump by way of glazing. So Rutte is NATO’s silk glove.
As it stands, Europe has about - what - 2-3 years to become militarily independent? Let’s just hope the EU doesn’t screw up that process somehow.
But assuming everything goes well, Rutte will most likely be replaced with a ball buster and not a diplomat.
Probably Nato will continue to exist in one form or another and the job will need doing.
The" ballbuster " you mentioned, would be the position of EC defense minister or someone in similar position in (very) near future probably.