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(NewsNation) — NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte sent a congratulatory connection to President Donald Trump connected Tuesday regarding U.S. aerial strikes connected Iranian atomic targets implicit the weekend, saying the determination “makes america each safer.”
Trump posted the connection to his Truth Social account, and NATO has confirmed to NewsNation that the connection was sent by Rutte. It was sent aboriginal Tuesday earlier Trump near the White House for the NATO summit astatine The Hague, the authoritative said.
“Congratulations and convey you for your decisive enactment successful Iran, that was genuinely extraordinary, and thing nary 1 other dared to do,” Rutte wrote. “It makes america each safer.”
Trump departed for The Hague aft colorfully criticizing some Israel and Iran on Tuesday greeting for what helium said were violations of their ceasefire agreement.
Rutte added, “Donald, you person truly driven america to a really, truly important infinitesimal for America and Europe, and the world. You volition execute thing NO American president successful decades could get done. Europe is going to wage successful a BIG mode arsenic they should, and it volition beryllium your win.”
In his message, Rutte wrote that Trump was “flying into different large occurrence successful The Hague ... It was not easy, but we’ve got them each signed onto 5 percent."
NATO leaders are expected to endorse a extremity of spending 5% of confederation members' gross home product connected information to fulfil plans for defending against extracurricular attack.
Spain said it has reached a woody with NATO to beryllium excluded from the 5% target, portion Trump said the fig shouldn’t use to the United States, lone its allies.
Other questions stay implicit what demands could beryllium insisted connected from different members of the alliance, similar Belgium, Canada, France and Italy, that besides would conflict to hike information spending by billions of dollars. Rutte conceded that for some, reaching 5% volition “still beryllium a agelong roadworthy ahead.”
“NATO has nary opt-out, and NATO does nary broadside deals,” Rutte told reporters successful The Hague. “It is captious that each state carries their just stock of the burden.”
The Associated Press contributed to this story
