This can't be real
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Real tweet, fake text... no way any NATO leader would say "Europe is going to pay BIG" it's just too Trump. Same with the incessant comma splices.
But big congrats to Trump for ruining the information space so completely that I genuinely cannot tell what's real anymore.
I'm sure EVERY European politician randomly CAPITALISES words like some LUNATIC
And signs their essay texts with their name. Very common as we all know.
It's Mark Rutte. He certainly would write it like this.
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Hasn't Rutte always been known for being able to handle Trump well? I'm pretty sure the only way to do that is kiss his ass in a way he understands, so this doesn't seem too surprising.
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This is Mark Rutte.
He would totally say “Europe is going to pay in a BIG way” to flatter Trump.
Incessant comma splices is I guess typically Dutch and indicative to the way Rutte talks. I sometimes do it too.
He's a liberal, making him almost as right-wing as Ursula von der Leyen, not a social democrat
or a democratic socialist or left of that.
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The Rutte team has confirmed it was indeed a real text sent by Mark Rutte to Trump.
It's entirely expected, not sure why you're in disbelief.
It reads like something Trump wrote about himself. He's done that kind of bullshit before.
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Anyone else remember when libs were fearmongering that Trump will leave NATO and leftists said "don't threaten me with a good time"?
I'm not sure what you're getting at.
Liberals are right-wing. Always have been, always will be.
Dutch liberals are not under the progressive umbrella,
so while the Dutch progressive party is advocating to stop the war,
Dutch liberals are in full support of it.
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The utterly simplistic language of it all. 🙄🙄🙄
"in a big way", "it will be your win"
It's ridiculous
World leaders have figured out he's functionally a toddler. Starmer and Trudeau took the same approach.
This is so poorly written I have no idea if it's sarcasm or not.
It's written in a way for Trump to understand
Eh, looks like rutte writes English in the same way that he speaks it. Honestly I first thought that it was a shitpost, but no, it seems legit.
Career politicians doing what they do best, kissing their boss ass.
Does Trump not realize that this message makes himself look bad?
the one looking bad is the one kissing his ass, he is pretty much saying "look at your secretary general kissing my ass 😂 "
I mean, he also paints himself orange and thinks it's hot...
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Communication is most effective in the language of receiver. Rutte emulates Trump like ChatGPT.
My sense at this point is that grotesque flattery works on Trump, but only to a point. Trump doesn't really like anyone, the best you can do is a slightly-better-than-neutral relationship. (And at the other end he's willing to coexist with anyone who hasn't personally slighted him, like Kim Jong Un)
By the way Rutte changed the wording in the agreement to be more vague as to what 'allies' means because Spain refused to agree to 5%.
This make me feels somewhat awkward.
obviously, I doubt Rutte was expecting this message to be shared. If he wasn't a complete moron and actually doing this just to stroke his own ego, I'd actually give Donald props for leaking it, as Rutte kissing Donald's ass makes him look terrible, and more broadly makes the European parts of NATO look terrible.
I imagine Rutte's intent is to stroke Trump's ego to try and keep him interested in NATO, but I feel like that's a fool's errand. Trump doesn't give a shit about anyone else but himself. This new agreement, with NATO signatories needing to commit 5% of their GDP, feels like a grift for the benefit of U.S. defense contractors. The U.S. cannot be trusted to actually honor their agreements anymore, so why pay more into their alliance? Is Europe really that scared of further Russian aggression?
Europeans online think that Rutte is 'masterfully manipulating' Trump by talking to him like a 5 year old and are extremely proud of this.
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Me: Trump needs to be taken to the Hague
Me: nooo not like that
Purely defensive pact btw
All in the interests of Europe btw
Too many MAGA assholes and bootlickers out there, good for Canada and Spain to show them the middle finger
I’ve have said this before but WW3 will start because of a meme or ChatGPT.
You are flying into another big success in the Hague
I wish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idIxeAYnLGk
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says he has 'no problem' with US President sharing private message
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Well ... it's good to see there aren't just idiots in the US
Trump is getting played because of his fragile ego. Him sharing a message of a person stroking his ego is evidence of it working.
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