{"id":1736,"date":"2025-08-19T12:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T12:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/?p=1736"},"modified":"2025-08-19T19:18:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T19:18:50","slug":"nato-chief-trump-a-pragmatic-peacemaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/19\/nato-chief-trump-a-pragmatic-peacemaker\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO chief: Trump a 'pragmatic peacemaker'"},"content":{"rendered":"

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte praised President Trump as a \u201cpragmatic peacemaker\u201d in a Monday interview, after the U.S. president hosted<\/a> Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders<\/a> at the White House for a \u201cvery successful\u201d series of talks.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me first say that this was a very successful day. I agree with you that President Trump is a pragmatic peacemaker,\u201d Rutte told Fox News’s Laura Ingraham. <\/p>\n

He touted Trump\u2019s achievements with the military alliance<\/a>, pointing to \u201cwhat he did this year, breaking the deadlock, starting the conversation with [Russian President Vladimir] Putin, but also putting pressure\u201d by demanding NATO countries to spend 5 percent<\/a> of their GDP on defense; by facilitating weapons shipments<\/a> to Ukraine and by increasing tariffs<\/a> on India over its purchasing of Russian oil.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, he\u2019s putting pressure, but he is also looking for ways to solve this, to bring this war to an end,\u201d Rutte said in his appearance on “The Ingraham Angle.”<\/p>\n

The NATO leader also noted Trump was \u201camazing\u201d behind closed doors<\/a> and said the U.S. president was right in his criticism of the alliance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, he was amazing, and he is amazing. And let me tell you this, that his criticism of NATO was right,\u201d Rutte said, adding \u201cHe always said that he supported NATO, but he also expected the Europeans to pay up, to spend more. He has been successful in doing this.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo today, the conversation was a conversation among friends, among close allies, who respect each other, who like each other, who know each other very well, discussing how we can bring this terrible war to an end,” he continued. “And this is a goal we all have in common.”<\/p>\n

\u201cWithout President Trump,\u201d the alliance chief added, \u201cthis deadlock with Putin would not have been broken. He was the only one who could do this, starting in February.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte praised President Trump as a \u201cpragmatic peacemaker\u201d in a Monday interview, after the U.S. president hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders at the<\/p>\n

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