NATO’s Rutte Meets Trump in Florida Amid Fears Over Ukraine Aid
By Kevin Whitelaw
November 23, 2024 at 5:59AM EST
(Bloomberg) -- NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met President-elect Donald Trump in Florida as Europe waits apprehensively to see how the next administration will approach the war in Ukraine.
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The military alliance issued a three-sentence readout of the Friday meeting in Palm Beach, saying that the pair discussed “the range of global security issues.”
Rutte has a reputation for being able to work with Trump from his time as prime minister of the Netherlands. In the weeks leading up to the US election, Rutte was careful to praise Trump’s record in his first term.
On Oct. 1, his first day heading NATO, Rutte commended Trump for pressing the alliance on defense spending and to focus more on China. “I think he was right,” Rutte said."
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