The blossoming friendship between President Donald Trump and NATO chief Mark Rutte, and a "daddy" comment, raised eyebrows among NATO watchers this week. Rutte, a politician known for his statecraft,

The daddy thing, I didn’t call him ‘daddy,'” Rutte told reporters. “What I said is that sometimes, in Europe, I hear sometimes countries saying, ‘Hey, Mark, will the U.S. stay with us?’ And I said that sounds a little bit like a small child asking his daddy,

Mark Rutte, who has been Secretary General of NATO since October 2024, referred to Donald Trump as "Daddy" when he praised the US President's approach to the Iran-Israel ceasefire