WATCH LIVE: Rutte speaks about NATO after Trump meeting
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte spoke after a White House meeting with President Donald Trump, delivering an address as trump harshly criticized the alliance for not doing enough to back the United States in its wars, including Iran.Rutte said the encounter was frank adn open, and noted that some NATO members had not stepped up amid Trump’s demand for greater support to secure the Strait of Hormuz.Trump has floated the idea of leaving NATO and showed continued dissatisfaction with the alliance’s handling of Iran and related issues, insisting that NATO must face stronger pressure to act. The article accompanies a live video of rutte’s remarks and highlights Trump’s outspoken critique of the alliance.
WATCH LIVE: Rutte speaks about NATO after Trump meeting
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is delivering an address on Thursday after meeting with President Donald Trump, who has fiercely condemned the alliance for not doing more to support the United States’s war against Iran and other conflicts.
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Rutte is set to speak at 11:00 a.m. The speech follows a meeting he held with Trump at the White House on Wednesday. Rutte said afterward that the encounter marked a “frank and open” discussion and conceded that “some” NATO members did not sufficiently step up to the plate amid Trump’s demand that they help secure the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump has recently floated leaving NATO altogether. Following his meeting with Rutte, the president signaled he remained deeply dissatisfied with the alliance’s approach to the Iran war, saying that NATO cannot “understand anything unless they have pressure placed upon them!!!”
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