Nato secretary says 'daddy' Trump stopped Israeli-Iran conflict (www.middleeasteye.net)
from technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to world@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 03:46
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/47627183

Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte told reporters at the summit in the Hague that President Donald Trump was like a “daddy” intervening in a schoolyard fight.

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Mrkawfee@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 05:03 next collapse

So cringe seeing Europeans debase themselves over Trump.

Obi@sopuli.xyz on 26 Jun 08:39 next collapse

I try to reason myself that he’s playing the long game and whatever but god damn it feels dirty.

Anonymaus@feddit.org on 26 Jun 09:11 collapse

Not all european leaders are sucking up to dictator trump

rumimevlevi@lemmings.world on 26 Jun 12:47 collapse

Most of the major european countries does

HuskerNation@lemmy.zip on 26 Jun 14:31 collapse

My brain is having a stroke trying to read this sentence. Do, does? It’s do right?

jojo@piefed.social on 26 Jun 05:21 next collapse

Dick sucker Rutte, does everything to keep the orange cheeto happy

MuskyMelon@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 05:29 next collapse

In other news, Mark Rutte buys knee pads and metamucil in bulk.

ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 06:02 next collapse

Ok what

I was honestly okay with him using trump’s egocentrism against him but what

How credible is this source? Is there video of this?

Obi@sopuli.xyz on 26 Jun 08:39 collapse

There is and it’s not quite at the level all these headlines are making it sound like. He says something like “daddy has to use his authority” or something like that. Still bad but these headlines make it sound like he was groveling in a gimp suit.

ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 08:46 collapse

I did understand from the article that it was said as a joke. It’s just… A fucking weird joke.

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works on 26 Jun 11:30 next collapse

That is just… a comical level of misrepresentation of the nature and context of Rutte’s commentary.

Xartle@lemmy.ml on 26 Jun 13:55 collapse

They’ve had a big fight, like two kids in a schoolyard. You know, they fight like hell, you can’t stop them. Let them fight for about two to three minutes, then it’s easy to stop them," he said at a press conference.

Rutte laughed and added: “And then daddy has to sometimes use strong language to get (them to) stop.”

zaphodb2002@sh.itjust.works on 26 Jun 14:16 collapse

I mean, that’s fucking weird though. If I said that shit at work I’d get a talking to from HR.

SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works on 26 Jun 14:11 collapse

Having a ceasefire just because this guy tweets “Ceasefire on! No takesy-backsies!” Is like debt collectors forgiving your credit history if you shout, “I declare bankruptcy!”