Nato Chief Reveals Why He Dubbed Trump 'daddy' During Middle East Peace Talks

At nan latest NATO acme successful nan Netherlands, President Donald Trump walked distant pinch an unexpected nickname, "Daddy," fixed to him by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. Now, Rutte is explaining why he felt nan U.S. Commander successful Chief deserved nan moniker. 

When Rutte initially made nan comment, it came arsenic a consequence to President Trump’s heated remarks regarding nan imaginable unraveling of nan vulnerable Israel-Iran ceasefire. 

"Before President Trump went connected nan plane, nan Israelis and Iranians had committed to a ceasefire," Rutte explained connected "Fox & Friends" Wednesday. "Then that greeting earlier he boarded that plane, they said, well, we mightiness get astatine each other's throats again."

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Frustrated by nan warring nations putting nan ceasefire astatine risk, Trump made pointed remarks to some countries earlier leaving to be nan NATO summit. 

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 "We fundamentally person 2 countries that person been fighting for truthful agelong and truthful difficult that they don't cognize what nan f--- they're doing," he told reporters soon earlier departing for Europe.

Trump discussed his disappointment pinch some Israel and Iran for resuming immoderate level of fighting. The White House revealed he’d been successful interaction pinch Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that morning. 

Later, during nan NATO summit, Trump likened Israel and Iran to children brawling connected a playground. Sitting beside him, Rutte chimed successful pinch a now-viral building referring to Trump’s disgruntled comments: "Then Daddy has to sometimes usage beardown language."

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U.S. President Donald Trump meets pinch NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte astatine nan NATO acme successful The Hague, Netherlands, June 25, 2025.  (REUTERS/Brian Snyder)

Since those comments, nan U.S.-brokered ceasefire has held. On his level Truth Social, President Trump announced that Israel has since besides agreed to a U.S.-led connection for a 60-day ceasefire successful Gaza, an effort that could lead to a larger bid successful nan region. 

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Rutte defended Trump’s hardline attack to bid successful nan Middle East.

"History made you, President Trump, nan leader of nan U.S., nan leader of nan free world, to past fundamentally say, ‘Here’s nan reddish line. I don’t judge it,’" Rutte said.

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The nickname didn’t spell unnoticed by White House staff, who later that time posted a social media montage of nan president group to nan Usher opus "Daddy’s Home." 

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Rutte said he recovered nan video amusing. "I was really taken by nan after-movie nan White House brought out," he said. "It was really funny."