Trump vented at Rutte over NATO inaction on Iran during turbulent meeting

How many times does Trump need the phrase “defensive pact” explained to him? It should be criminal for the leader of any NATO member country to not know what NATO is.

I don’t understand Trump problems with NATO. NATO is a defensive pact. WHO attacked US?.

NATO is not his little gang for bullying the world, just because little Donny don’t get his own way, what a dangerous melt that idiot is

Crying like the Taco b**** he is, like a bully that gets hit in the face

Why doesn't any of these people tell it like it is to his face? They let him rant on and continue trying to politick? Just tell him "you made your bed, now lie in it. Don't start wars you can't finish and then cry to countries just a few months ago you threatened with invasion"

Orange moron wants someone else to clean his mess.

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Would TACO support France if it starts a war somewhere ?

Starts something without looping in NATO, then gets mad NATO didn’t jump in… that’s not leadership, that’s group project energy where the guy who did nothing still wants full credit.

Even if NATO was more than just a defensive pact, did Trump bother consulting any of them before launching an unnecessary war? On top, he was threatening Greenland just months ago. Trump is so hilariously delusional, just like the entire admin.

The only thing NATO could have helped with is making a better decision. But, oh right, they weren‘t consulted. He’s just looking to spread blame for his own mistake. Trump’s leadership is what made this happen, NATO had nothing to do with it.

And Rutte took it up the arse like a good boy, get rid of, not fit for purpose

Of course it's everyone else's fault except his. This thing in a suit could be on the verge of watching the entire world about to explode and split in half entirely due to his own actions and he'd die still insisting he did nothing wrong and blaming everyone else. People have to realise there is never going to be a light bulb moment with Trump. He's 80. He's not going to suddenly learn the concept of consequences for his own actions or learn humility. If he wasn't stopped he would destroy the entire world, while insisting he's saving it. That means he and by extension his government is now effectively out enemy, and we should treat it as such.

Rutte made some disturbingly conciliatory remarks about Trump after the meeting. And then, fortunately, he said that NATO would still not help America wage its war of choice in Iran. I hope that the first set of remarks were just the flattery that everyone says helps to corral Agent Orange.

Of course the concept of NATO is too complicated for this blithering idiot to understand. 

People are also going off on Rutte for his words after this meeting, since he basically seemed to pick Trump's side in how NATO supposedly failed its duties towards one of its members. Yet, kind of knowing what Rutte's personality is like, I think it should be obvious that those words were carefully chosen to sooth the tantrum of toddler Trump. Still fucked that we, the rest of the world, can only really sit and watch this shitshow unfold ever further.

It's a defensive alliance bro

And Rutte like an obedient little yapping dog went back to Europe to lecture us us how we bad bad Euros have failed NATO

To add some context here the US contributes under 15% of NATOs running budget, around the same as Germany. Their overall defense spending is much higher of course, but in terms of the costs of running NATO the US is a relatively minor stakeholder.

It was a test, and America failed by not reining him in.

There's probably a form the US needs to fill out to put this request officially to NATO and they haven't done it yet. 

Could we just replace Rutte?

Rutte has to step down immediately for being extremly Anti-European.

He supposedly intended to withdraw from NATO

God. it's so embarrassing that even a fraction of people though he would be a good president.​

You couldn't pay me enough to sit with Trump together in a room like Rutte and get insulted all day long. I would get shot for attacking him.

Somebody educate him on what NATO is. Please.

Has anyone bothered to explain what NATO is to this paint huffer?

What? Has Rutte finally grown a spine? So far he's been a total sycophant to Trump and it's been embarrassing to see him to be the European leader to NATO. If even he got now told off by Trump, then maybe this is a sign that he's finally understanding that he should represent the entire alliance, not just kiss Trump's ass.

Has Mr Pillock Trump ever read the NATO agreement? Seems not.

Mark Rutte shouldnt have been so weak on Trump for the past year, now hes stuck.

Crybaby complaining "why won't you clean my mess up?!"

Trump doesn't understand tariffs and NATO He only understand how to r*** a child and abuse people

Rutte is in orange morons pocket

Rutte needs to step down anyways. Macron will be perfect for trump

Why is Mark Rutte, a Dutchman, pandering to Trump so much?? Is he demeaning NATO in an attempt to get European nations to create closer ties and increase spending? Why did he call Trump "Daddy?"