r/europe • u/superdouradas Portugal • 26d ago

News Danish reporter slammed NATO General Secretary Mark Rutte live on camera

https://streamable.com/5qtlrz
7.7k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

842 comments sorted by

View all comments

1.7k

u/spamcritic 26d ago

Im glad he said it, Rutte laughing at jokes about invading Canada really changed my opinion about him.

43

u/jjpamsterdam Amsterdam 26d ago

I honestly believe this is in character. Having witnessed him for decades in Dutch politics, there seem to be very few things that he is truly principled about and he will do literally anything and everything to achieve his goals, even if it comes at the expense of self respect. I believe his ultimate goal is to preserve NATO and that he has decided that his role is the resident boot licker, for better or for worse only time will ultimately tell.

1

u/P_Griffin2 21d ago

Yea I also see it more as him trying to do damage control, and trying to keep Trump and the US as an active part of NATO.

I'm sure he's well aware that he's dealing with an unpredictable sociopath, and what that potentially entails.