Trump shares the message he receives from NATO leader Mark Rutte
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I regret to inform you Rutte's office has confirmed officially. I took massive psychic damage when I discovered this was a real post of a real text not a real post of a fake text.
Can you link to it?
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It's diplomacy. Nothing more, nothing less
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Can you link to it?
wrote on last edited by [email protected]I can only provide some sample articles that reference a confirmation from Rutte's office. I don't think they put out a statement or a release, I think reporters called the office and got confirmation that way. Not sure you'll be able to find a public statement.
Here's a French one that theoretically isn't bound to gobble Trumps knob.
"Congratulations and thank you for your decisive action in Iran, that was truly extraordinary and something no one else dared to do. It makes us safer," Rutte wrote in a message shared by Trump on Truth Social – and confirmed by the NATO chief's office.
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Can you link to it?
Here's another
https://www.ft.com/content/ce9eb7e4-7989-45f6-a3b3-3cdec73a8540
A Nato official confirmed the message’s authenticity.
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It's diplomacy. Nothing more, nothing less
Mark Rutte knows exactly what to say to achieve his goals. He's the diplomatic weasel NATO needs in this current timeline.
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It's diplomacy. Nothing more, nothing less
No, I wouldn't call that diplomacy.
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Lol, this is phrased like you'd talk to an angry madman to get him to calm down. Or a child. I'm sure the tone is completely lost on Trump.
Not that I like the message or the person who sent it, but this is very clearly designed to stroke his 3 braincells while signaling to your folks what you really think of him.
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I regret to inform you Rutte's office has confirmed officially. I took massive psychic damage when I discovered this was a real post of a real text not a real post of a fake text.
Fuck. Can we impeach Rutte?
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It's diplomacy. Nothing more, nothing less
This is only acceptable when Rutte somehow knows that Trump is cracy and this keeps him at bay until arrested.
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Lol, this is phrased like you'd talk to an angry madman to get him to calm down. Or a child. I'm sure the tone is completely lost on Trump.
Not that I like the message or the person who sent it, but this is very clearly designed to stroke his 3 braincells while signaling to your folks what you really think of him.
People really need to stop doing that.
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No, I wouldn't call that diplomacy.
Not unless they are planning on arresting or assassinating him When he gets there.What's the Hague known for?
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It's diplomacy. Nothing more, nothing less
It's a nice way of showing your folks what you really think of that madman, while at the same time making the idiot feel good about himself. I've seen European politicians do something similar in the past.
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I can only provide some sample articles that reference a confirmation from Rutte's office. I don't think they put out a statement or a release, I think reporters called the office and got confirmation that way. Not sure you'll be able to find a public statement.
Here's a French one that theoretically isn't bound to gobble Trumps knob.
"Congratulations and thank you for your decisive action in Iran, that was truly extraordinary and something no one else dared to do. It makes us safer," Rutte wrote in a message shared by Trump on Truth Social – and confirmed by the NATO chief's office.
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I can only provide some sample articles that reference a confirmation from Rutte's office. I don't think they put out a statement or a release, I think reporters called the office and got confirmation that way. Not sure you'll be able to find a public statement.
Here's a French one that theoretically isn't bound to gobble Trumps knob.
"Congratulations and thank you for your decisive action in Iran, that was truly extraordinary and something no one else dared to do. It makes us safer," Rutte wrote in a message shared by Trump on Truth Social – and confirmed by the NATO chief's office.
Thanks.
What a crazy message to sent! But to be fair and after looking a bit further into this, is seems like this is what diplomacy looks like at this point of time. At least towards the USA.Stroke the big ego to make sure it doesn't explode in your face
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Thanks.
What a crazy message to sent! But to be fair and after looking a bit further into this, is seems like this is what diplomacy looks like at this point of time. At least towards the USA.Stroke the big ego to make sure it doesn't explode in your face
Probably. But who knows. And the fact that the only cope is "it's just a negotiating tactic" like MAGA after prices increase from tariffs is giving me a headache. What a time to be alive.
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Ratte at it again
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This is the cheat code. Just stroke the man's ego, and you can get anything you want.
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No, I wouldn't call that diplomacy.
Not unless they are planning on arresting or assassinating him When he gets there.No, I wouldn’t call that diplomacy.
This is why you and I aren't diplomats.
If the head of NATO is dependent upon the USA for lots of support to NATO, then it is in NATO's interest for the head of the USA to like NATO. If you know the head of the USA is incredibly shallow and you can achieve that support simply by sending an email/text message which requires zero dollars, and at best, a bit of political capital, then its a good deal for the NATO head to do that.
This is what is both fascinating and horrible about diplomacy and geopolitics. Its not about being "right" or "moral" in the moment. Its about getting what you want hopefully in service of the overall goal of of your interests. Sometimes that overall goal is "right" and "moral" in the case of NATO usually.
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Probably. But who knows. And the fact that the only cope is "it's just a negotiating tactic" like MAGA after prices increase from tariffs is giving me a headache. What a time to be alive.
True. Its manipulative in both cases
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I love how it goes completely over Trump's orange, balding head, that NATO leadership talks to him as if he was a child
