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NATO chief says some European allies were tested and failed in Iran war

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Content-Inspector993 Apr 9, 2026 +2758
NATO is for defence not aggression
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StayCoolf0rttheKids Apr 9, 2026 +677
He, as a secretary, forgot about this
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Sweet-Competition-15 Apr 9, 2026 +108
How can he possibly forget it? That's their entire purpose!
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Dangerous_Muscle5409 Apr 9, 2026 +336
He is just saying shit to butter up Trump. Unfortunately, the job of NATO general secretary now includes managing that man-child and if there's one thing Rutte has always been good at is removing his spine and saying f****** anything to get an advantage. This is the guy who called Trump "daddy."
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Sweet-Competition-15 Apr 9, 2026 +43
>This is the guy who called Trump "daddy." That is so cringe-inducing, literally beyond words!
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Riman-Dk Apr 9, 2026 +16
Rutte's behavior is disgusting. Absolutely unacceptable.
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Dangerous_Muscle5409 Apr 9, 2026 +21
What if this show Rutte is putting on is the one deciding factor that keeps NATO together just long enough until Trump is out of office? Not saying it is, but... If it might be, wouldn't watching one slimy a****** crawl Trump's rear be a comparitively small price to pay for that?
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serendipitousevent Apr 9, 2026 +5
Yep. That's the current tactic for just about every Western institution - manage him for a few years and then rebuild, hopefully with greater resilience against internal threats.
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Edrill Apr 9, 2026 +32
Foegetting was his MO the 14 years he was PM in The Netherlands. "Daar heb ik geen actieve herinneringen aan" has since become kind of a meme here
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Medium-Recording7780 Apr 9, 2026 +6
The guy can barely see clearly .. over all the brown stuff covering his face
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picardo85 Apr 9, 2026 +15
>He, as a secretary, forgot about this Secretary General, that's basically the highest position in NATO
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TyrialFrost Apr 9, 2026 +20
His job is to take it in the back and when politically necessary get on his knees and call members 'daddy'. Sad but true.
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picardo85 Apr 9, 2026 +23
In other words, do his best to keep the alliance together.
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retseem Apr 9, 2026 +8
You mean he had no active recollection of it
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Maeglin75 Apr 9, 2026 +87
And it is limited to the treaty area. Attacks on territories outside of that area, including military bases in the Middle East, are not covered. So, even if Iran had attacked US bases first, for example in the gulf states, there would be no obligation for other NATO members to help. NATO, including the US, also didn't join the UK in the Falklands War, because Argentina's attack was on an overseas territory.
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PowderMuse Apr 9, 2026 +49
To add to that, the US were the ones who insisted on the clause that NATO was restricted to Europe and the US.
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himbeerli Apr 9, 2026 +75
It was a test for the US and they failed.
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ylfcm Apr 9, 2026 +144
F*** that guy
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thereoncewasahat Apr 9, 2026 +104
He's just saying what he has to to keep the tangerine toddler out of a tantrum. He met him at the white house today. He's more a tard wrangler then anything else these days. The head of nato does, shocking though it may be, have a very good understanding of what nato is.
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Hillbillybullshit Apr 9, 2026 +18
>use of ‘Tard wrangler’ spotted in the wild. My man
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InconspicuousRadish Apr 9, 2026 +26
All evidence to the contrary. Either he doesn't know, which is unlikely, or he knows and still says dumb things to appease a demented tyrant, which is arguably worse.
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AnnualAct7213 Apr 9, 2026 +17
Talk is c****. While Rutte continues to play the sycophant appeaser role, European leaders are working in the background to disentangle Europe from the US while trying not to rock the boat too much at any one time. Stable, slow progress over radical, fast paced, unpredictable change has always been the EU's modus operandi.
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glarbung Apr 9, 2026 +6
Also being good at talking is why Rutte is in the role. His whole career is just talking and shit not sticking to him.
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Few-Hair-5382 Apr 9, 2026 +32
A demented tyrant who unfortunately happens to be head of the most formidable military force the world has ever seen. Rutte knows that the alliance will fall apart without the US and that the only method with any success of keeping Trump onside (however briefly) is to butter him up. Trump will probably disavow the alliance anyway, and Rutte knows that also. But it is his job to try and keep the alliance together anyway.
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Boatster_McBoat Apr 9, 2026 +13
Maybe he was talking about the US?
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anders_hansson Apr 9, 2026 +17
There are two "NATOs": 1. The organisation with its articles (in particular Article 5). 2. A group of militarily and politically allied countries that help each other and act as an extension of the US military influence and reach. The former is how most citizens of NATO member countries think about it. The latter is often more important than the former, and also how most non-NATO countries think about NATO, and how the US generally thinks about it (i.e. a tool for US power projection). To quote Biden: >This is the greatest military alliance in the history of the world.
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aaeme Apr 9, 2026 +2
'1) is so effective and passive, it goes unnoticed and taken for granted. Apart from Al-Qaida that one time, nobody attacks NATO because 1) is so overwhelming. That just leaves 2) to be noticed. But in comparison, 2) is paltry and rarely works how the US wants it or the world sees it. But it sometimes does so people notice that.
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wunphatbois Apr 9, 2026 +7
exactly right, nato is a defensive alliance and the actions of trump were offensive.
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La_mer_noire Apr 9, 2026 +2
Rutte was elected to this position because he knows exactly how trump like to have his D*** sucked. And it was quite usefull to get him to calm down quite a few times. Hé just doesn't know when to stop blowing the old man.
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muffchucker Apr 9, 2026 +2
Everyone here is confusing obligation with strategic wisdom. They're all correct, of course, but being correct isn't particularly useful in today's political world. NATO was absolutely not obligated to help the US with Iran. However, with the US possessing outsized power and influence on NATO, was it wise for NATO to ignore Trump's pleas for help? Probably, but there will still be consequences for that ignorance. Right now NATO is in damage control mode. So don't be surprised to see leaders seemingly bending their knees to Trump. Remember that they do so only in the context of having just rebuffed him. "Baby I'm sorry don't leave me!"
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irondethimpreza Apr 9, 2026 +3
FWIW, bombing Serbia back in '99 wasn't really "defensive"
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kukov Apr 9, 2026 +5
1999 proves that's not true.
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Yuukiko_ Apr 9, 2026 +1098
I fail to see who attacked the US?
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Roofincold Apr 9, 2026 +334
It was stupidity, corruption and greed. All three at once within one man.
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ConfederacyOfDunces_ Apr 9, 2026 +87
NATO is a defensive alliance. It only comes to a member’s aid if that country is attacked, it doesn’t automatically join every conflict. If a member initiates an attack, NATO isn’t obligated to step in, because its purpose is collective defense, not offense. Trump and the admin are manipulative traitors. All of them.
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ChoiceHour5641 Apr 9, 2026 +5
If anything NATO should be defending America from Trump.
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90gradi Apr 9, 2026 +2
not one, millions of them
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Rev_Grn Apr 9, 2026 +3
Does NATO have the remit to deal with this man?
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Critical-Usual Apr 9, 2026 +47
Donald Trump 
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rbhmmx Apr 9, 2026 +20
Did the US invoke any articles?
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Kaarothh Apr 9, 2026 +7
Nope.. Trump can’t read
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Ferelwing Apr 9, 2026 +2
Kinda hard to do that when they've not been attacked by Iran.. But the US never let things like details get in the way of their narrative.
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Shiriru00 Apr 9, 2026 +3
They're too busy summoning demons, pedo ghosts and the antichrist these days.
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charcoalist Apr 9, 2026 +19
Imagine if the Kremlin came up with a plan to tie up NATO in the Persian Gulf and exhaust most, if not all, of their military resources for the next few decades. To send NATO's navies to sit like rubber ducks, waiting to be picked off, to the Gulf, and also conveniently – for the Kremlin – far away from Europe. That is what's happening and Agent Krasnov and his overseers are frustrated about how the plan has transpired.
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loralailoralai Apr 9, 2026 +3
Trump isn’t just bitching about nato tho. Japan Korea and Australia have also been singled out several times at the same time he’s bitching out nato.
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Do_itsch Apr 9, 2026 +10
It's like somebody made a mistake, you did correct him and he's like: "oh, i was just testing you. Here have some tariffs and slurs."
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Defiant-Code7676 Apr 9, 2026 +7
Funny thing is, no Trump leads to no tests, you know what to do
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copperblood Apr 9, 2026 +4
That would be Russia
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calstanfordboye Apr 9, 2026 +4
Netanyahu
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Questionsaboutsanity Apr 9, 2026 +915
apparently the NATO chief doesn’t know it’s a *defense* alliance
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Dangerous-Sale3243 Apr 9, 2026 +173
He’s just trying to appease Trump until the clock runs out. Smart play.
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Noughmad Apr 9, 2026 +225
It seems like *everyone* is just trying to appease Trump these days. And look at how well that is going.
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UShouldntSayThat Apr 9, 2026 +5
Yes, because Americans decided to make him the most powerful man on the planet, not leaving the rest of us with much choice.
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sambare Apr 9, 2026 +12
Thankfully, some nation leaders are aware that TACO
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PleasantWay7 Apr 9, 2026 +12
Worked out great for Chamberlain the last time.
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caiaphas8 Apr 9, 2026 +8
It did, chamberlain helped buy time for Britain to rearm.
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Noughmad Apr 9, 2026 +5
He also bought time for Germany to rearm.
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AtheIstan Apr 9, 2026 +7
This is not appeasement though. Appeasement was the allies letting Hitler invade Sudetendland, hoping he would stop there. Rutte is sweet talking Trump out of invading Greenland and out of leaving NATO, while the only cost was some really embarrassing ass licking. Let's judge Rutte based on actual outcome. If he truly starts giving in to Trump materially to the detriment of other NATO members, his position should be questioned.
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AlternativeScratch94 Apr 9, 2026 +73
"until the clock runs out" He's the president for almost 3 more years and it's pretty 50/50 whether his VP is going to win in 2028, every recent election has been on a knife's edge.
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thunderbolt309 Apr 9, 2026 +36
It’s just buying time until Europe can stand on its own feet to be honest. No one expects much from the US long term.
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ChrisFromIT Apr 9, 2026 +16
It can right now, the US only makes up about 1/3 of active forces in NATO. The issue right now is the source of the equipment, it mostly is bought from the US.
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Fade-Out-Lines Apr 9, 2026 +7
It can't. NATO's military command and intelligence, among other things, still heavily depend on the US. It's hard for the general population to understand that military strength is more than just the amounts of soldiers, tanks and planes. Without the US, NATO would lose significantly more than 1/3 of its strength.
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gingermalteser Apr 9, 2026 +9
Vance won't win a fair election. Trump is going to be even more toxic in 3 years than now.
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Yuukiko_ Apr 9, 2026 +5
if they still elect republicans after everything that's happened faith in the US is going to erode even more if it can
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birgor Apr 9, 2026 +51
This is not smart play. Constantly appeasing him has been the method from Europe during the first, and the beginning of this term, and it has only strengthen him and made him more sure about his stupid ideas. What has worked best is to call his bullshit and let him TACO, which is what Europeans leaders have started doing more and more as of late. That is the smart strategy. Rutte is undermining that, I understand what he think he is doing, but the guy is a disaster. He is supposed to act in the interest of Nato, which means for the best of the alliance, and implying Spain has betrayed Nato for banning U.S from using Spanish aerospace in a war that isn't covered by the Nato alliance whatsoever is to sow division and hurt the alliance as much as Trump threatening to leave. Rutte is an idiot.
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Fade-Out-Lines Apr 9, 2026 +12
With Europe openly standing up against Trump, what do you think would happen if the NATO chief would do the same? Trump would get out immediately. You said it yourself: Rutte has to do what is best for the alliance. And that is to keep the US on board no matter what. If Spain or any other NATO member gets their feelings hurt in the process, so be it. Do you think Rutte and his group of very intelligent experts on geopolitics haven't considered other approaches? They have, but this is what they considered the best approach. They don't care about optics, they care about results.
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Shiriru00 Apr 9, 2026 +9
Ah yes, the *appeasement* strategy that so famously works. Just ask Neville Chamberlain.
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ParanoidQ Apr 9, 2026 +2
It did at least buy time…
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Possible-Fudge-2217 Apr 9, 2026 +9
And he could have kept silent instead. He is no better than all the people surrounding trump.
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goldybear Apr 9, 2026 +462
Aka My head is so far up trumps ass that I’m just speaking straight out of his mouth.
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Toxicity Apr 9, 2026 +44
As much as I dislike Mark Rutte, he kind of has to to make sure US doesn't get out of NATO. His whole thing is to suck up to Trump since he knows shit will be worse if he does not.
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kmonsen Apr 9, 2026 +45
That doesn't really work though, if someone gets invaded and Trump say no we are in deep shit. Much better to know about it ahead of time and start to prepare for reality. I do think that is what is happening. Europe is realizing NATO is gone, and are trying to fill the gaps of US weapons before it becomes obvious to everyone.
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cbs-anonmouse Apr 9, 2026 +5
I think this is the answer. The U.S. participation in NATO is ending. That doesn’t me mean the alliance between other NATO allies is ending, especially in the EU. On the contrary, it will get stronger. They are just trying to stall for time before complete US departure so they can fill the gaps. TBH I think there will be real questions about US force projection now that basically the entire world has concluded that the US cannot be trusted to look after their supposed allies’ interests.
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Hironymus Apr 9, 2026 +78
>he kind of has to to make sure US doesn't get out of NATO Why is that again? It's not as if the US would help their allies in any way, if these get attacked. For the US NATO is a one way street. The only likely aggressor against European countries right now would be Russia. And while it would be a painful war, the EU would win a war against Russia.
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ItWiIlStretch Apr 9, 2026 +43
I think EU and NATO are holding out for the midterms. Just avoiding any escalation or drastic measures and hoping that adults will eventually take over again.
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Hironymus Apr 9, 2026 +40
This might very well be the case. But in the end Trump has been elected by the US populace. And this degenerate sentiment of the NATO allies not pulling their weight is a general US notion not a MAGA idea.
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milkplantation Apr 9, 2026 +27
This is important and often overlooked. The legacy of Trump politics doesn’t end with Trump. He’s created a new political wave and his successor is in place with JD Vance.
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AccursedQuantum Apr 9, 2026 +2
Midterms might curb the worst impulses, but they won't get rid of Trump and they won't get rid of the MAGA cult that put him in office.
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Imperial_Bouncer Apr 9, 2026 +20
The whole structure of NATO is built around the US. From weapons and logistics to command. If US abandons NATO, it just becomes a European military club. Oh, and Canada.
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duct_tape_jedi Apr 9, 2026 +15
Add in Australia and Japan, and baby you got a stew goin'.
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hawkseye17 Apr 9, 2026 +12
The US can't easily leave NATO, they need 2/3 support in the Senate. Congress passed that in 2024, sponsored by the current Secretary of State.
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fuck_ur_portmanteau Apr 9, 2026 +8
Is this one of those laws that say you needs 2/3 but then you just need 50+1 to revoke the law itself?
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Ferelwing Apr 9, 2026 +3
The US Supreme Court has been rubber stamping everything Trump says, he's been writing executive orders left and right to give himself whatever he wants. The USA GOP is a rubber stamp of Trump as well, there are outliers of course but the vast majority do whatever he says. If he chose to get out of NATO, how precisely would your US Senate stop him? Laws don't seem to apply to him. If he pulls out, how exactly will the US Senate *enforce* that?
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Inuenerfsnam Apr 9, 2026 +5
He's selling out Europe in the process
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AtrociousMeandering Apr 9, 2026 +9
Will it, though? Seriously, is NATO actually needed when Europe has/could have their own nuclear umbrella and Russia is incapable of ever making an advance into Europe again? Who does Europe need NATO to defend *against* and would the US even answer the call under Trump? 
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irrealewunsche Apr 9, 2026 +15
Europe needs to defend itself from the US.
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AtrociousMeandering Apr 9, 2026 +6
Keeping the US inside NATO doesn't help with that, it makes Europe more vulnerable and not less.  If you think someone might attack you, allowing them to attend your defense meetings as a member in good standing is a strange way to deal with that. 
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hikealot Apr 9, 2026 +4
NATO includes some non-EU members. Europe is not safer trading the UK, Canada and Norway for Ireland and Austria. Turkey is also in NATO.
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printzonic Apr 9, 2026 +8
No one is arguing for Europe out of NATO it is America that has to go.
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Renive Apr 9, 2026 +4
This is the Listnook copy and paste comment about it, but Congress made sure the president cant do that so there's no point in losing dignity.
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Ferelwing Apr 9, 2026 +3
Thus far the US Congress hasn't exactly shown that much of a backbone when it comes to Trump, the GOP in the USA seems to be more than willing to do whatever he says excepting a couple of outliers. The US Democrats do not really act as an opposition party. So whether the USA leaves NATO or not the fact of the matter is the USA is absolutely the problem within NATO.
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Kaltias Apr 9, 2026 +7
Trump literally threatened a NATO member with invasion and Congress did nothing, he can leave NATO whenever he wants, it doesn't matter if legally it requires 50%, 2/3 or 100% of Congress to do so.
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SnailLikeAttitude Apr 9, 2026 +137
Is this like the crazy girlfriend test where she acts like a maniac to see if you'll stick by her and support her crazy actions because thats stupid
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MadT3acher Apr 9, 2026 +42
“You don’t deserve me at my best if you can’t handle me at my dementia state”?
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Paraphrasing_ Apr 9, 2026 +16
No, Trump was never attractive.
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every-day_throw-away Apr 9, 2026 +67
I think NATO chief just failed a test not the nations.
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JohnGazman Apr 9, 2026 +42
NATO chief fails test of what his job is.
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Busy_slime Apr 9, 2026 +85
This guy needs to be removed. He's now proven time and again that he'll play against European interests.
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Vergillarge Apr 9, 2026 +48
Hey, leave Rutte alone—the guy works really hard. I bet none of you could talk while giving Trump a b****** nonstop. That’s true dedication.
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kjube Apr 9, 2026 +15
Failed to be dragged into a war no one wanted, started by Trump? NATO was created to prevent war, not be forced to fight the war for some failed president.
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TheGOPisTheDeepState Apr 9, 2026 +31
Trump failed and NATO members didn’t fall into the trap of the war crimes. This was always part of the plan so the US would leave NATO, Putin’s puppeteering pedophile Krasnov Trump. NATO chief also is a bootlicking moron.
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LinoleumFulcrum Apr 9, 2026 +7
Iran is pretty far from the Atlantic ocean so these politicians can FRO.
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Aflockofants Apr 9, 2026 +23
He’s our old prime minister and tends to talk out of his ass just to flatter Trump. In my most generous explanation he just wants to keep Trump on his good side as best as he can until the problem goes away, but to be fair he’s a d*** in general so I’m not sure it follows.
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Alcogel Apr 9, 2026 +7
It’s literally his job to keep the US in NATO. He’ll say whatever he think accomplishes that, and right now that comes at a big personal cost because keeping the US happy makes him look like a clown to everyone else.  Time will tell if the balancing act succeeds or if he just pisses off every other member. 
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gao7on Apr 9, 2026 +23
NATO didn't fail. The American voters did.
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Cute-Breadfruit3368 Apr 9, 2026 +15
why is rutte aping the talking points of pedophile prime?
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JackBurton___Me Apr 9, 2026 +31
Pretty sure the US failed NATO months before Iran
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falince Apr 9, 2026 +5
The NATO alliance is a defensive alliance. We are supposed to defend each other, if one of us gets attacked, not if one member starts a war by themselves and faces the consequences. The entire purpose is collective defence.
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TBT_TBT Apr 9, 2026 +5
This is the only correct answer.
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Mana_Seeker Apr 9, 2026 +11
Excerpt WASHINGTON, April 8 (Reuters) - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Wednesday ​he believes that some NATO ‌countries were tested and failed amid Washington's criticism over European allies not ​getting involved in the U.S. ​and Israel's war against Iran. Rutte's comments ⁠came after a meeting with ​U.S. President Donald Trump at the ​White House earlier in the day. During an interview with CNN, the NATO chief ​was asked if he believed ​NATO countries were tested and failed. "Some of them ‌yes, ⁠but a large majority of European countries, and that's what we discussed today, have done what ​they promised ​before ⁠in a case like this," he told CNN.
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Dot_Hot99Dog Apr 9, 2026 +55
Oh stfu. NATO leader sounding like a mouth piece.
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lunes_azul Apr 9, 2026 +8
He is playing the game that needs to be played. It cannot be stressed how disastrous it will be if US pulls out or NATO in terms of the funding and intelligence that will be lost.
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xternocleidomastoide Apr 9, 2026 +11
There’s no grand strategy here, just career self-preservation on his part. His political capital is largely spent. He's just trying to save his job by buttering up POTUS.
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grs86 Apr 9, 2026 +8
No chief… the US failed the test.
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zimon85 Apr 9, 2026 +4
NATO secretary should remember that he works for NATO and not for Trump
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Beneficial_Trick6672 Apr 9, 2026 +5
I know what he is doing but i still dont like him. You dont tell idiot in power he is an idiot unless you want to get hurt but it feel wrong. Entire west and NATO is a joke now because of Trump. Maybe it's time for Europe to make separate military union indeed. Just more nukes are necessary and long range rockets to scare off russia.
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PrimaveraEterna Apr 9, 2026 +4
How much longer is Rutte in this post???
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AccursedQuantum Apr 9, 2026 +3
I say this as an American... screw him. Nothing in NATO requires any member to join an offensive war, especially an illegal one. Trump did this to us, the US can dig itself out.
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BBkal Apr 10, 2026 +5
Okay, well he needs to be fired immediately
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Loose_Skill6641 Apr 9, 2026 +35
this guy must be a trump puppet
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Cellophane7 Apr 9, 2026 +30
I don't think he is. His job is basically to suck trump's c*** to keep the US in NATO. Pretty sure the only reason he has the position is because he's known to be very good at finessing the orange manbaby. If he were a trump puppet, I don't think he'd be so desperate to hold NATO together. But I could be wrong, I don't know much about the guy 🤷
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adilfc Apr 9, 2026 +10
From the very beginning I told so, but always got Hella down voted and attacked because 'he is the only person who knows how to deal with Trump' lol
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Basketseeksdog Apr 9, 2026 +6
He is. He’s the one who called Trump ‘daddy’.
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sirius_potato Apr 9, 2026 +7
Translation: "EUROPEAN members of the NORTH ATLANTIC [DEFENSIVE] alliance refused to enter a war of [AGGRESSION] in the MIDDLE EAST started by a sole member without even consultation of said members or care for the repercussions they are suffering" What an odd and unexpected development Why doesn't the USA activate the famous article 5, I wonder?
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Austoman Apr 9, 2026 +7
Did anyone trigger ANY of the NATO articles? No? Because NATO is a defensive alliance and the US, a member of NATO was the aggressor against a non-NATO nation? Sounds like NATO members did exactly what is within their rights as per the alliance.
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ShoulderPast2433 Apr 9, 2026 +9
I hope he means Hungary.
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Calaveth Apr 9, 2026 +3
His job description is basically "do whatever it takes, dignity be damned until Trump is dead or otherwise out of power". Makes him look ridiculous, but I suppose that's the price.
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Traskenn Apr 9, 2026 +3
He needs to get trumps d*** out of his mouth
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IngloriousMustards Apr 9, 2026 +3
It was a submissiviness test.
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VicenteOlisipo Apr 9, 2026 +3
Yeah, namely those who ended up enabling this stupid war.
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GGuts Apr 9, 2026 +3
He thinks that as soon as a country fights back it is attacking and so NATO should help.
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Three_legged_fish12 Apr 9, 2026 +3
I hope trump gets used to disappointment.
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eravulgaris Apr 9, 2026 +3
Aight Rutte, I could understand the fake pandering of Trump but now I can’t defend you anymore. Idiot.
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Thialaz Apr 9, 2026 +3
What a weasel. How did anyone fail anything? NATO is a defensive pact. Trump rushing to do israels bidding to slaughter innocent people isn't NATOs fault.
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Inevitable-Bison4179 Apr 9, 2026 +3
"we shit our pants and they didn't let us borrow their trousers!" Get fucked, pedoprotectors.
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Ok-Box1940 Apr 9, 2026 +3
Rutte is a moron who lick trumps buts he should be kicked out
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Guilty-Possible-1590 Apr 9, 2026 +3
Of course Rutte is wrong and Trump is wrong. NATO is a defensive alliance. There was no "test" to support this administration's war of choice. The administration cannot even make the case for war to their own people and certainly did not even try to make it to their allies. If the expectation by the Americans is that allies should blindly follow whatever war the US decides to engage in, they are bound to disappointed in whoever they decide to be aligned with. Then the inconsistency of Trump's message, first we want to join, then we don't need you. You can also couple this with constant insults and degradation by Trump. Tariffs. Greenland. Its all of a piece. We are allies with the US not appendages.
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itsheadfelloff Apr 10, 2026 +3
Not sure what his deal is but clearly Rutte doesn't have NATO's best interests as his priority. The way he's been talking about NATO since Trump got reelected you'd think he was a compromised asset.
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InsanelyAverageFella Apr 10, 2026 +3
This guy is a stooge and has his nose so far up Trump's butt that he can taste Epstein.
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TheEagleDied Apr 10, 2026 +3
It’s not like there’s any president of America getting dragged into European wars.
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DistinctEducation775 Apr 10, 2026 +3
Replace Rutte.
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shartmaister Apr 10, 2026 +3
One nato member failed and it's not a European one.
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hawkseye17 Apr 9, 2026 +8
This Trump asskisser is such an embarrassment
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greenman4242 Apr 9, 2026 +5
NATO chief can sincerely go f*** himself. 
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Falconflyer75 Apr 9, 2026 +9
Wow these guys actually think they’re good at gaslighting
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Landon1m Apr 9, 2026 +6
Who would test their friends? This gives off girl who starts fights and expects her boyfriend to finish it vibes. F that
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FlashwitOW Apr 9, 2026 +8
Mark Rutte is a spineless weasel who’s only purpose nowadays is to find new ways to suck up to Trump. He should have been resigned long ago.
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Strix780 Apr 9, 2026 +5
Maybe the reporter could have asked at least some minimal followup questions. Like 'In what way? Which nations?' First day on the job?.
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SophieEatsCake Apr 9, 2026 +3
Is he in some shady files or sth? why would you say stuff like this?
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Legitimate-Tip-2149 Apr 9, 2026 +3
Mark Rutte kissing the ring, surprising no one. Embarrassing worm of a man.
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trbt555 Apr 9, 2026 +4
Rutte brown nosing Trump again.
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blowfish1717 Apr 9, 2026 +4
Didn't US failed the test when it was almost ready to break NATO over Greenland?
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SteakHausMann Apr 9, 2026 +7
Imo, it's time for Rutte to resign 
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Otherwiseclueless Apr 9, 2026 +7
I know Rutte is just trying desperately to keep the baby from throwing the dummy out the stroller, but is 'Spain, France, and Italy failed to uphold prior agreements' really the play here? Just how far does Rutte think the adults in the room can be pushed and blamed before they begin to feel alienated in favour of the aforementioned infant?
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Ghost_Reborn416 Apr 9, 2026 +14
Who put this clown in charge?
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Ohdake Apr 9, 2026 +9
Good thing is that he not really in charge of anything. NATO secretary general is a high profile paper pushing post with occasional spokesperson duties without any power to do anything.
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Uncle_Hephaestus Apr 9, 2026 +2
well didn't some capitulate trump? so I would say a few did fail to combat the expansion of Russian influences.
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PippaTulip Apr 9, 2026 +2
There is a reason we haven't heard from him during the whole Iran attack. He only says that now to appease Trump. You may not like his style but Rutte is very, very good at his game.
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yoerie86 Apr 9, 2026 +2
When did Benedict Cucumberbatch become NATO chief?
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newmvbergen Apr 9, 2026 +2
It's the trump's war, NATO was not created for a such purpose.
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Early_Macaroon_2407 Apr 9, 2026 +2
I honestly can’t tell if Rutte is a huge f****** idiot or if he’s taken the responsibility of looking like one to help wrangle Fat Donny. 
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Texden29 Apr 9, 2026 +3
He’s not an idiot. He’s flattering Trump, to keep the peace. All the global leaders do it. Reminds me of one of the leaders in Africa that thanked Trump on behalf of all the black people on the planet. I thought he overplayed his hand, but sure enough Trump was beaming ear to ear. Man-child.
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K1ngofnoth1ng Apr 9, 2026 +2
NATO is a defensive alliance… no NATO allies were attacked so the defense pact never triggered. NATO is not required to help carry out illegal war actions just because the person who started the attacks is a member if NATO.
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bigorangemachine Apr 9, 2026 +2
This like abusive partner Territory.... you should just know...
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sVirus66 Apr 9, 2026 +2
Orange thinks NATO is a private U.S. unit made of foreign soldiers that he can send to deaths whenever he wants.
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Shirolicious Apr 9, 2026 +2
He knows better but to keep the US on board he thinks its better to say some EU countries were the problem, and not the US. I hate this kind of twisting of reality and commonsense
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Kashawinshky Apr 9, 2026 +2
Isn't he known as the trump whisperer? They probably said get over there and whisper in his ear to shut him up. I'm tracking the people who speak truth to him as there are so few of them: Zalenskyy, Sanchez, Macron, Carney, etc.
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DamienCouderc Apr 9, 2026 +2
There is no failure, zero member state has been attacked so nobody needed help to defend.
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Greener-dayz Apr 9, 2026 +2
What people do not understand is he has to say this. US pulling out of nato is disastrous and he knows he just needs to placate the ego of Trump for 3 more years
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LordJebusVII Apr 9, 2026 +3
Trump can't pull out of NATO, and even Congress aren't that stupid. That's why Trump has been fuming so much about it, there's nothing he can do to force America's "allies" to do what he tells them 
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FReal_EMPES Apr 9, 2026 +2
When is this clown getting sacked?
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BrainEatingAmoeba01 Apr 9, 2026 +2
What's the kompromat on this arsehole?
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forced_to_watch Apr 9, 2026 +2
How did he say that with a funny shaped orange c*** in his mouth ?
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fane1967 Apr 9, 2026 +2
Those are the exact allies who passed the loyalty test. They stayed truthful to the mission.
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craignumPI Apr 9, 2026 +2
Fk off! Don't cave to the Pedo!
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Wooden_Republic_6100 Apr 9, 2026 +2
So, this guy is running an organization whose rules and goals he clearly doesn't understand... what are we waiting for to fire this idiot?
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FingerCommon7093 Apr 9, 2026 +2
1st it isn't a war. Trump can't just say it is either plus Congress can't get the votes to declare it. 2nd NATO North Atlantic, Iran isn't in the North Atlantic. 3rd If NATO had acted the forces would have been under NATO command not Trump's or Hesgeth. So the 1st ship ordered into the Strait would of been American not British.
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LordSkummel Apr 9, 2026 +2
I would say he's been tested and is failing hard. If he can't stand up against the Russian asset in the white house he should f****** step down from his job.
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Shaolinfork Apr 9, 2026 +5
Don't worry, people in The Netherlands know he has no spine lol
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Upset_Scientist3994 Apr 9, 2026 +4
Only thing that Iran war is not NATO war at all - so in which form this "testing" occurred?
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famine- Apr 9, 2026 +4
couch f****** just became the new Dutch national past time.
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nirai07 Apr 9, 2026 +3
Rutte is such a ass kisser copying one to one trumps points.
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PippaTulip Apr 9, 2026 +5
There is a reason Rutte was very quiet during the attacks on Iran. Only in hindsight, when he has a talk scheduled with Trump, he makes a statement like this. Rutte only has one role: let NATO survive Trump without getting nato involved in conflicts. That's what he is doing and he is doing it well thus far.
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VermicelliNew2784 Apr 9, 2026 +3
How many more fascists will it take for Europe to learn appeasing never works? There is no way to do diplomacy with power hungry narcissistic lunatics.
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J-the-Kidder Apr 9, 2026 +3
Still massaging Trump's ego with the hopes of keeping NATO together? He's gonna look even more foolish when Trump pulls the plug on it all.
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theRealFatTony Apr 9, 2026 +3
Well, America/Trump failed Ukraine and the Budapest Memorandum, so I guess what goes around....
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MajorasShoe Apr 9, 2026 +4
At this point I just want the US to drop out so we stop hearing about it. Nobody trusts the US anymore anyway. There was no reason for NATO to be involved in Iran, the US was the aggressor. And the USA wouldn't be there for any of its former allies anyway.
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-fly_away- Apr 9, 2026 +4
so tired of this brown nose piece of shit, as obnoxious as a dutch can be. and this is a tall order.
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Educational_Word_895 Apr 9, 2026 +3
Mark Rutte is trying to outcompete Trump in killing NATO, it seems.
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8fmn Apr 9, 2026 +4
Mark Rutte is a completely compromised asset of the Israeli-American Empire. Prove me wrong.
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daguerrotype_type Apr 9, 2026 +3
Main NATO ally who failed in Iran war is the USA.
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island-roamer Apr 9, 2026 +4
What a f****** joke.
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PMISeeker Apr 9, 2026 +4
Somebody did fail during this war, but it wasn’t the Europeans
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Artyparis Apr 9, 2026 +4
European here. Ukraine and Iran : which NATO country failed and represents a danger ?
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TheWellington89 Apr 9, 2026 +4
This guy dosnt understand his role and he should be removed.
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Frenzystor Apr 9, 2026 +4
It's nice to see that not even the NATO chief knows what NATO is about .... can he get fired please?
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Basketseeksdog Apr 9, 2026 +4
NATO chief is a heel licker who calls Trump ‘Daddy’. NATO is a defense organization.
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