NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said President Trump was “very predictable” and “a good friend” during his comments at the NATO Summit in The Hague on Wednesday.
00:00All right, we have a we have a very full room in limited time. Next question to the front row.
00:05There's a mic coming.
00:10Oh, that's good. Yeah. Hello.
00:12You're dealing with a very unpredictable president or friend who has been all over the map on Article 5 in the past.
00:24In his first term, he threatened to pull out of NATO, which he doesn't seem to do anymore.
00:30But how do you know? How are you certain that the Trump you're dealing with right now is the same version of Trump that you'll be dealing with for the rest of his term?
00:40I'm now known for almost 10 years. He's a good friend. I trust him.
00:45He was totally right that that Europe and Canada were not basically providing to NATO what we should provide.
00:52And that the U.S. was spending so much more on defense than the Europeans and the Canadians.
00:58Now we are correcting that. We are equalizing.
01:02I think it is a man of strength, but also a man of peace.
01:05You've seen that basically now with Iran, the man of strength being able to command his B-2 bombers to go into Iran to take out that nuclear capability.
01:16But also the man of peace, who is then immediately following up with making sure that Israel and Iran will commit to a ceasefire.
01:23And I think this is exactly what you want the American president to do, provide that type of leadership.
