Mark Rutte was challenged on his “self-respect” by a reporter who accused him of failing to come to the defence of Nato nations threatened by Donald Trump.
The US president has reignited his calls to annex Greenland - an autonomous territory of Denmark - at the outset of the military alliance’s annual summit on Wednesday (8 July).
“I’m not happy with Nato because of what they did in Greenland,” Mr Trump said in Turkey, Ankara, as the Nato general secretary remained silent and appeared to smile.
A Danish journalist went on to grill Mr Rutte, who he said sits by as Mr Trump “talks about conquering Greenland, talks about lashing out at allies like Spain, starting trade wars”.
“Does this have any effect on your self-respect when you sit like that and say nothing?"
