Mark Rutte
How ‘Daddy’ talk and Trump and Rutte’s bromance stole the NATO spotlight
US President Donald Trump (R), German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (L,up), NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (L) and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (R, up) gather for a family photo before a plenary session of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Heads of State and Government summit in The Hague, on June 25, 2025. Christian Hartmann […]
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NATO allies agree to higher 5% defense spending target
Mark Rutte, secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), left, and U.S. President Donald Trump, during the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images NATO allies on Wednesday agreed to more than double their defense spending target from 2% of gross domestic product […]
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‘Time to get serious on defense’: A moment of truth for NATO as leaders seek unity on spending hike
The NATO summit in the Netherlands. Haiyun Jiang | Via Reuters It’ll be a moment of truth for NATO on Wednesday when the Western military alliance releases a joint statement on a heavily pushed and previewed collective defense spending hike. Allies have been corralled, cajoled and pressured to hike their defense expenditure from 2% to […]
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Trump and the U.S. are totally committed to NATO, alliance chief says to reassure allies
U.S. President Donald Trump walks to board Marine One before departing from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on June 24, 2025, to attend the NATO’s Heads of State and Government summit in The Hague. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. and President Donald Trump are totally committed […]
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NATO allies will pledge to hike defense spend – but will they deliver?
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth holds a bilateral meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (2nd L) at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, April 24, 2025. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images Fireworks could kick off during NATO’s annual summit this week, as the U.S. pushes its allies to sharply increase their defense […]
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Like it or not, NATO’s hitting a 5% defense spending target, U.S. says
U.S. Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth attends the meeting of North Atlantic Council defence ministers during the NATO defence ministers’ meeting at the NATO headquarters on June 05, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Omar Havana | Getty Images News | Getty Images A higher defense spending target for NATO members is looking likely, as the alliance […]
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Greenland PM blasts Trump talk of U.S. annexation: ‘Enough is enough’
Lars Joergen Kleist, wearing a Make America Great Again hat, queues to vote at the polling station in Nuuk on March 11, 2025, as Greenland, the autonomous Danish territory, holds legislative elections. Odd Andersen | Afp | Getty Images The outgoing prime minister of Greenland blasted talk Thursday by President Donald Trump that the potential […]
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‘I’m not going to bend at all’: Trump doubles down on tariff plans as stocks sink
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 13, 2025. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Thursday doubled down on his escalating tariff plans, even as his economic […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Europe pushes for a role in Ukraine’s peace talks
European officials attend extended Weimar talks on Ukraine at the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (Quai d’Orsay) in Paris on Feb. 12, 2025. Christophe Petit Tesson | Afp | Getty Images As the U.S. took a break (from wild overhauls in government policies and its bureaucracy), across the Atlantic, Europe was springing into action […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Europe wants a say in Ukraine peace plan
Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (L) talks with High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission Kaja Kallas at the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affair)in Paris, on Feb. 12, 2025. Christophe Petit Tesson | Afp | Getty Images As the U.S. took a break (from wild overhauls in […]
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