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Trump shares the message he receives from NATO leader Mark Rutte (lemmy.ml)

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[-] swemg@sh.itjust.works 105 points 4 weeks ago

This can't be real

[-] assaultpotato@sh.itjust.works 102 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Real tweet, fake text... no way any NATO leader would say "Europe is going to pay BIG" it's just too Trump. Same with the incessant comma splices.

But big congrats to Trump for ruining the information space so completely that I genuinely cannot tell what's real anymore.

[-] SGforce@lemmy.ca 52 points 4 weeks ago

I'm sure EVERY European politician randomly CAPITALISES words like some LUNATIC

[-] assaultpotato@sh.itjust.works 28 points 4 weeks ago

And signs their essay texts with their name. Very common as we all know.

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[-] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 4 weeks ago

Hasn't Rutte always been known for being able to handle Trump well? I'm pretty sure the only way to do that is kiss his ass in a way he understands, so this doesn't seem too surprising.

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[-] BA834024112@lemmy.world 15 points 4 weeks ago

AP is reporting this as real

[-] assaultpotato@sh.itjust.works 23 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I would love and hate to see proof that Mark Rutte really texted this to Trump.

The "Truth" post is 100% real, inarguably, but I haven't seen anyone reporting the picture is of a real message from Rutte to Trump.

E: never mind that is... apparently Rutte's office has confirmed the message is really from Rutte????

?????

I need to go lie down.

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[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 36 points 4 weeks ago

It's entirely expected, not sure why you're in disbelief.

[-] SippyCup@feddit.nl 29 points 4 weeks ago

It reads like something Trump wrote about himself. He's done that kind of bullshit before.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 15 points 4 weeks ago

Trump has also leaked private messages before.

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[-] Thorry84@feddit.nl 33 points 4 weeks ago

The Rutte team has confirmed it was indeed a real text sent by Mark Rutte to Trump.

[-] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 17 points 4 weeks ago

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114738606142462442

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[-] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 56 points 4 weeks ago

This is so poorly written I have no idea if it's sarcasm or not.

[-] Darkenfolk@sh.itjust.works 29 points 4 weeks ago

Eh, looks like rutte writes English in the same way that he speaks it. Honestly I first thought that it was a shitpost, but no, it seems legit.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 25 points 4 weeks ago

Rutte's unique approach to English merely reflects the fact that his intellectual ceiling would challenge even the most ambitious root vegetable.

[-] bigboismith@lemmy.world 21 points 4 weeks ago

It's written in a way for Trump to understand

[-] conicalscientist@lemmy.world 54 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

World leaders have figured out he's functionally a toddler. Starmer and Trudeau took the same approach.

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 43 points 4 weeks ago

Anyone else remember when libs were fearmongering that Trump will leave NATO and leftists said "don't threaten me with a good time"?

[-] folaht@lemmy.ml 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I'm not sure what you're getting at.
Liberals are right-wing. Always have been, always will be.

Dutch liberals are not under the progressive umbrella,
so while the Dutch progressive party is advocating to stop the war,
Dutch liberals are in full support of it.

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[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 41 points 4 weeks ago

By the way Rutte changed the wording in the agreement to be more vague as to what 'allies' means because Spain refused to agree to 5%.

[-] Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 4 weeks ago

Communication is most effective in the language of receiver. Rutte emulates Trump like ChatGPT.

[-] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 37 points 4 weeks ago

Me: Trump needs to be taken to the Hague

Me: nooo not like that

[-] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 4 weeks ago

obviously, I doubt Rutte was expecting this message to be shared. If he wasn't a complete moron and actually doing this just to stroke his own ego, I'd actually give Donald props for leaking it, as Rutte kissing Donald's ass makes him look terrible, and more broadly makes the European parts of NATO look terrible.

I imagine Rutte's intent is to stroke Trump's ego to try and keep him interested in NATO, but I feel like that's a fool's errand. Trump doesn't give a shit about anyone else but himself. This new agreement, with NATO signatories needing to commit 5% of their GDP, feels like a grift for the benefit of U.S. defense contractors. The U.S. cannot be trusted to actually honor their agreements anymore, so why pay more into their alliance? Is Europe really that scared of further Russian aggression?

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 32 points 4 weeks ago

Europeans online think that Rutte is 'masterfully manipulating' Trump by talking to him like a 5 year old and are extremely proud of this.

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[-] nohaybanda@hexbear.net 35 points 4 weeks ago

Purely defensive pact btw

All in the interests of Europe btw

[-] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 32 points 4 weeks ago

Does Trump not realize that this message makes himself look bad?

[-] martin4598@lemm.ee 28 points 4 weeks ago

No. The message here is "look at how I´m having my dick sucked"

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[-] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 26 points 4 weeks ago

What a pathetic little worm Rutte is.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 15 points 4 weeks ago

"What can we do to make it look like Israel is not committing war-crimes?" - Mark Rutte right before he got promoted to NATO chief.

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[-] ObamnaSoda@hexbear.net 26 points 4 weeks ago

You are flying into another big success in the Hague

I wish

[-] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 26 points 4 weeks ago

Europe is going to pay in a BIG way

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[-] DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 23 points 4 weeks ago

Well i just found out some of these NATO leaders were Nazis so NATO might just be a white supremacist group technically.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 30 points 4 weeks ago

NATO is just a millitary alliance for the purpose of maintaining Western Imperialism, which is headed by the US Empire.

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[-] maki@lemm.ee 22 points 4 weeks ago

🤮

[-] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 22 points 4 weeks ago

Well ... it's good to see there aren't just idiots in the US

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[-] carl_marks_1312@hexbear.net 20 points 4 weeks ago

gulag

[-] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 20 points 4 weeks ago

I’ve have said this before but WW3 will start because of a meme or ChatGPT.

[-] ztwhixsemhwldvka@lemmy.world 19 points 4 weeks ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idIxeAYnLGk

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says he has 'no problem' with US President sharing private message

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[-] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 3 weeks ago

Career politicians doing what they do best, kissing their boss ass.

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 16 points 4 weeks ago

“How are you traveling to His Majesty’s dinner? Mind if I get a ride swingin from your nuts?”

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