00:00He's the man constantly treading a delicate line between Donald Trump and Europe.
00:05But NATO Secretary General Mark Rutter swung largely in the favor of the U.S.
00:10to address the European Parliament in Brussels on Monday.
00:15That the European Union or Europe as a whole can defend itself without the U.S.
00:20Keep on dreaming.
00:20You can't.
00:21We can't.
00:22We need each other.
00:25Words of warning for Europe, but also a stress on mutual dependence.
00:30Dutchman at the head of the military alliance between the U.S., Canada and 30 European countries.
00:35Rutter has been central to calming transatlantic tensions since Trump's...
00:40viewed threats to Annex Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark.
00:45Dubbed the Trump whisperer, Rutter has been carefully cultivating his relationship with Trump.
00:50Before taking up the NATO job a month before the U.S. president's re-election in 20...
00:55His strategy has not been subtle.
00:58He's showered Trump with...
01:00lavish praise and grabbed a lot of headlines after one interaction at a NATO meeting.
01:05last year.
01:06They've had a big fight, like two kids in a schoolyard, you know, they fight like help.
01:10You can't stop them.
01:11Let them fight for about two, three minutes.
01:13Then it's easier to stop them.
01:15Everybody has to sometimes use strong language to do.
01:17Yeah.
01:18Rutter's cozying up to Trump has raised...
01:20some eyebrows on his home continent, but he's been largely credited for steering the...
01:25transatlantic alliance back from the brink of collapse after a meeting between the...
01:30Trump backtracked on threats to take Greenland by force and levy fresh tariffs.
01:35against Europe.
01:36In terms of Greenland...
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