North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary General Mark Rutte demurred on Thursday when President Donald Trump baited him into backing his dream of the United States annexing Greenland. Rutte—who has been nicknamed NATO’s “Trump whisperer”—shared laughs with the president throughout their Oval Office meeting on Thursday.

Trump and Rutte did not schedule a press conference but did speak with reporters in the Oval Office at the start of their meeting. One reporter asked about Trump's vision for the possible annexation of Greenland.

NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte refrained from commenting on President Donald Trump’s request for his assistance on the United States’ interest in taking control of Greenland. The former Dutch Prime Minister met with Trump at the White House on Thursday where they discussed issues affecting Europe,

The Kremlin said on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had sent U.S. President Donald Trump a message about his proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine via Trump's special envoy and that there were grounds for "cautious optimism.

Russia President Vladimir Putin agreed in principle on Thursday with the US proposal for a ceasefire in its war against Ukraine. President Donald Trump prepared to host NATO secretary general Mark Rutte amid deep concerns by members of the 32-member transatlantic military alliance that Trump’s apparent pivot toward Russia makes him untrustworthy.

President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Moscow on Thursday to begin discussions with the Kremlin on a U.S.-brokered 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine, which Kyiv has already agreed to,