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BumRushDaShow

(170,139 posts) Thu Apr 9, 2026, 07:48 AM 3 hrs ago

Trump slams NATO after meeting with Mark Rutte

Source: The Hill

04/08/26 10:05 PM ET

President Trump went after the NATO alliance following a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte — comments that came after the Trump administration had recently expressed frustration with members of the alliance.

“NATO WASN’T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, AND THEY WON’T BE THERE IF WE NEED THEM AGAIN. REMEMBER GREENLAND, THAT BIG, POORLY RUN, PIECE OF ICE!!!” Trump said in a Wednesday evening post on Truth Social, referencing his push to take over Greenland that he ramped up a few months ago.

Rutte’s meeting with Trump at the White House lasted about two hours on Wednesday. It followed the Trump administration’s rising frustration with NATO allies due to their refusal to enter the U.S.-Israeli conflict against Iran. The NATO leader has largely backed the U.S.-Israeli conflict against Iran, but the alliance has faced recent threats from Trump about withdrawing.

Trump requires congressional approval to withdraw from NATO. However, there are other actions he can take to reduce cooperation, and Europeans have said that Trump’s threats by themselves have badly hurt NATO.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5823232-trump-slams-nato-after-meeting-with-mark-rutte/

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Trump slams NATO after meeting with Mark Rutte (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 3 hrs ago OP

"NATO WASN'T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM" Ray Bruns 3 hrs ago #1

Lonely for company DFW 3 hrs ago #2

Reflecting the rightwingers... Maxheader 3 hrs ago #3

HOW can we... GiqueCee 2 hrs ago #4

According to him, we totally destroyed Iran's military. SamuelAdams 1 hr ago #5

Trumpy will go after Greenland IMHO. yes. he. will. riversedge 1 hr ago #6

Chaos everywhere. Constant agitation. maxsolomon 3 min ago #7

Ray Bruns

(6,409 posts)

1. "NATO WASN'T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM"

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 08:11 AM

3 hrs ago

Yes they were. They aren’t there for Mango Mussolini’s war and he is having a sad.

DFW

(60,243 posts)

2. Lonely for company

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 08:27 AM

3 hrs ago

He wants to jump out of an airplane without a parachute at 10,000 feet, and he’s upset because no one wants to join him.

Maxheader

(4,423 posts)

3. Reflecting the rightwingers...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 08:35 AM

3 hrs ago

Who have always thought nato should be gone.

GiqueCee

(4,344 posts)

4. HOW can we...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 09:19 AM

2 hrs ago

... rid ourselves of this malicious monster?!!?
Using an Easter Egg Roll as an opportunity to harangue a captive audience with witless gibberish, lecturing children on the use of an autopen, and now castigating NATO for not helping him steal an entire country! The list of his transgressions just this week is too long to enumerate!
America's reputation in the world is a shambles, and deservedly so. Regardless of how corruptly it was achieved, WE, as a nation, are responsible for the fact that a self-centered psychopath is wreaking havoc all over the world! The entire planet, and the lives of all our children, are at risk because of this evil fuck's diseased policies, and he MUST be stopped, I no longer care how.

SamuelAdams

(55 posts)

5. According to him, we totally destroyed Iran's military.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 09:48 AM

1 hr ago

He should be happy to take all the credit himself. He doesn't have to share the glory for his great victory with NATO. So why is he so upset?

riversedge

(80,925 posts)

6. Trumpy will go after Greenland IMHO. yes. he. will.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 10:00 AM

1 hr ago

...........In January, Rutte successfully calmed a crisis over Greenland amid the Davos summit, pushing the president away from threats to seize the Arctic island by force and proposing a negotiation framework.

Last week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the U.S. would reexamine its relationship with NATO following the end of the conflict in Iran.

maxsolomon

(38,814 posts)

7. Chaos everywhere. Constant agitation.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 11:37 AM

3 min ago

It's his MO.

1,017 days to go. Got hilf uns.

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