THE Mark Rutte defended the message he sent to Donald Trump He congratulates him on his intervention in the war between Iran and Israel.
At the same time Mark Rutte coming to the NATO members’ summit in The Hague He also referred to Donald Trump’s pressure on Europeans to increase defense funds.
When asked by reporters about publicizing the SMS content, he left spikes in countries that spent up to 2% of their GDP until recently:
“I have no problem with that, because there is nothing that had to remain secret. Look, what is in the messages I sent him. As for 2%, 2%fulfillment without him (Trump) would never have happened this year.
Let’s be honest, at the beginning of the year seven countries were saying “well, maybe (done) somewhere in 2031, 2032”, all these seven – eight countries are now in 2%. “
Regarding the target set for the defensive costs of the NATO member states to go to 5%, Rutte said: “As for 5%, we must do so because of our goals for our defense abilities, we must protect us from the Russians, but the good news is that we are also good at us.”
The Rutte message in Trump
Mark Rutte was particularly diffuse in the message he sent to Donald Trump after congratulating the US president on the US attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
He also reflects him for the pressure he has exerted on the increase in defense spending on NATO.
“Congratulations and thank you for your decisive action in Iran, it was great that no one else dare to do,” Mark Rutte said in the message he sent to Donald Trump, as shown by the screenshot uploaded by the US president.
In particular, the message that Trump attributes to Mark Rutte states: “Mr President, dear Donald, congratulations and thank you for your decisive action in Iran, what you did was excellent and was something that no one else dare to do. Make us all feel safer.
Just when you thought your jaw couldn’t drop any further… Donald Trump releases a private message sent by NATO Sec General Mark Rutte – with a very big claim, and written, it would seem, in the most Trumpian language (NATO has confirmed to BBC it is genuine). What a world. pic.twitter.com/TZiB7MeLtr
– Mark Lowen (@marklow) June 24, 2025
You fly to another great success in The Hague tonight. It was not easy, but we managed the allies to sign the increase in their defense spending at at least 5% of GDP by 2035.
Donald, you led us to a really, really important time for America and Europe, and for the whole world. You will achieve something that no US president has been able to achieve for decades.
Europe will pay to a great extent, as it should, and this will be your victory. Have a nice trip. “