JC: Trump’s Friends in Europe

Donald Trump has very few friends in leadership positions in Europe but he does have Secretary-General of NATO Mark Rutte, who leads an organisation not a country (although he was the prime minister of the Netherlands from 2014–2024). He is one of the few who understand where Trump is coming from. He quickly realised Trump’s criticisms of NATO were legitimate and needed to be addressed if the organisation was to be fit for purpose.