{"id":11626,"date":"2025-06-26T15:53:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T07:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=11626"},"modified":"2025-06-26T15:53:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T07:53:15","slug":"nato-chief-clarifies-trump-comments-i-didnt-call-him-daddy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=11626","title":{"rendered":"NATO chief clarifies Trump comments: \u2018I didn\u2019t call him daddy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"319\" height=\"177\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20250626154814.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20250626154814.jpg 319w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20250626154814-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte sought to clarify an eyebrow-raising comment he made during a bilateral news conference with President Trump on Wednesday: He doesn\u2019t consider the U.S. leader \u201cdaddy\u201d and was making a reference in jest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe daddy thing, I didn\u2019t call him \u2018daddy,&#8217;\u201d Rutte told reporters later in the day. \u201cWhat I said is that sometimes, in Europe, I hear sometimes countries saying, \u2018Hey, Mark, will the U.S. stay with us?\u2019 And I said that sounds a little bit like a small child asking his daddy, \u2018Hey, are you still staying with the family?\u2019 So in that sense, I used \u2018daddy\u2019 \u2014 not that I was calling President Trump daddy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rutte drew attention \u2014 and jokes from Trump \u2014 after he invoked the word \u201cdaddy\u201d while describing the president\u2019s response to Israel and Iran\u2019s military conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSometimes daddy needs to use strong language,\u201d Rutte said with a laugh, referring to Trump using the f-word to rebuke the Middle Eastern countries on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump laughed off the remark during a later news conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe did it very affectionately though, \u2018Daddy, you\u2019re my daddy,&#8217;\u201d Trump said, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio chuckled behind him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte sought to clarify an eyebrow-raising comment he made during a bilateral news conference with President Trump on Wednesday: He doesn\u2019t consider the U.S. leader \u201cdaddy\u201d and was making a reference in jest. \u201cThe daddy thing, I didn\u2019t call him \u2018daddy,&#8217;\u201d Rutte told reporters later in the day. \u201cWhat I said is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":11627,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3440,2531,1724],"class_list":["post-11626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-daddy","tag-rutte","tag-trump"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.0 - 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