NATO Sec. Gen. Mark Rutte Asked Point Blank About Calling Trump 'Daddy'

At a press briefing on Wednesday, NATO Sec. Gen. Mark Rutte was asked about dealing with President Trump.

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00:00all right I will call on people and please if you could state the outlet

00:06you're from if I don't know that already we'll start with Sky News right here in

00:12the front in the center we need a mic here thank you thank you I'm Deborah

00:20Haynes from Sky News hi hello and the language that you have used when talking

00:26to Donald Trump has been notable because of its flattery and today you called

00:31him daddy and you sent a text message to him that was gushing with praise is this

00:38the way that you feel you have to act when doing business with the US president

00:44through flattery and praise isn't it a bit demeaning and doesn't it make you look

00:49weak no I don't think so I think it's a bit of a question of taste but I think

00:55he's a good friend and when he is doing stuff which is forcing us to for

01:01example when it comes to making more investments I mean would you ever think

01:06that this would be the result of this summit if he would not have been

01:09reelected president do you really think that the seven or eight countries who

01:12said yes somewhere in the 2030s we might meet the two percent we've now all

01:17decided in the last four or five months to get to two percent so doesn't he

01:21deserve some place and when it comes to Iran the fact that he took this decisive

01:25action very targeted to make sure that Iran would not be able to get its hands on

01:32a nuclear capability I think he deserves all the praise