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Politics
John T Psaropoulos

‘Hey Daddy’: How different world leaders massage Trump’s ego

Netherlands' Prime Minister Dick Schoof and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte cosy up to US President Donald Trump at the North Atlantic Council plenary meeting at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in The Hague on June 25, 2025 [File: Ludovic Marin/Pool via Reuters]

Describing Israel and Iran fighting each other at his NATO pre-summit news conference in The Hague this week, US President Donald Trump drew an analogy with children fighting in a schoolyard, who eventually had to be separated.

“Daddy has to sometimes use strong language,” Mark Rutte, NATO secretary-general, chimed in.

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