Trump earns 'Daddy' nickname from NATO secretary after Center East remarks

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On the newest NATO summit within the Netherlands, President Donald Trump walked away with an surprising nickname, "Daddy," given to him by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte . Now, Rutte is explaining why he felt the U.S. Commander in Chief deserved the moniker.

When Rutte initially made the remark, it got here as a response to President Trump’s heated remarks concerning the potential unraveling of the delicate Israel-Iran ceasefire.

"Earlier than President Trump went on the aircraft, the Israelis and Iranians had dedicated to a ceasefire," Rutte defined on " Fox & Friends " Wednesday. "Then that morning earlier than he boarded that aircraft, they stated, properly, we would get at one another's throats once more."

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Pissed off by the warring nations placing the ceasefire in danger, Trump made pointed remarks to each international locations earlier than leaving to attend the NATO summit.

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"We mainly have two international locations which were preventing for thus lengthy and so onerous that they do not know what the f--- they're doing," he told reporters shortly earlier than departing for Europe.

Trump mentioned his disappointment with each Israel and Iran for resuming some stage of preventing. The White Home revealed he’d been involved with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that morning.

Later, through the NATO summit , Trump likened Israel and Iran to kids brawling on a playground. Sitting beside him, Rutte chimed in with a now-viral phrase referring to Trump’s disgruntled feedback: "Then Daddy has to typically use sturdy language."

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U.S. President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary Common Mark Rutte on the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, June 25, 2025. (REUTERS/Brian Snyder)

Since these feedback, the U.S.-brokered ceasefire has held. On his platform Fact Social, President Trump introduced that Israel has since additionally agreed to a U.S.-led proposal for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza , an effort that might result in a bigger peace within the area.

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Rutte defended Trump’s hardline method to peace within the Center East.

"Historical past made you, President Trump, the chief of the U.S., the chief of the free world, to then mainly say, ‘Right here’s the purple line. I don’t settle for it,’" Rutte stated.

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The nickname didn’t go unnoticed by White House employees, who later that day posted a social media montage of the president set to the Usher tune "Daddy’s House."

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Rutte stated he discovered the video amusing. "I used to be actually taken by the after-movie the White Home introduced out," he stated. "It was actually humorous."