Mark Rutte leads the most powerful military alliance on earth. He just looked directly into the camera and said what Germany, France, and Britain have been carefully avoiding saying out loud.
He laid out exactly why. Iran's nuclear capability and ballistic missile program pose an existential threat to Israel. A direct threat to the entire region. A threat to Europe. A threat to the whole world. The NATO Secretary General โ the man whose entire job is the collective security of the Western alliance โ is saying that what Trump is doing is not optional. It is necessary.
This matters enormously. Rutte is not a Trump ally. He is not an American. He is the head of an institution that has been repeatedly criticized, pressured, and threatened by Trump over burden-sharing. He has every political incentive to hedge, equivocate, and issue carefully worded statements that satisfy nobody and offend nobody. Instead he praised the president's leadership on camera โ directly, without qualification.
The contrast with European heads of government is stark. Keir Starmer said it was "not a NATO mission." Germany said it was "not our war." France wouldn't send its aircraft carrier. They applaud the outcome while refusing to share the burden โ and they won't even say publicly what their own alliance chief is saying privately and now publicly.
Rutte knows the truth that Europe's elected leaders are too politically cautious to admit: the Iranian nuclear program was not a problem that was going to solve itself through diplomacy, sanctions, and strongly worded UN resolutions. Seven American presidents tried that approach. The centrifuges kept spinning. The missiles kept improving. The proxies kept k!lling.
Trump did what needed to be done. The head of NATO just confirmed it.
Translation: Please please please Trump, don't exit NATO. We won't have a reason to exist and no funding.
I'll lose my job, my power, my money and my control over the world. Please, Trump don't do it. I'll do what you want. Say your Iran campaign is justified? OK, I will do it.
Btw, i personally support Trumps' actions. Iran has been threatening america my entire life and I don't want them having a nuke. I don't want Pakistan to have a nuke. I don't want Israel to have a nuke. no one really should have nukes.
I thought we destroyed their nuke capabilities in the summer? I donโt get on this website very often anymore so I missed what was said about nukes this go around and why what was told to us in the summer isnโt true anymore. I know yโall got the receipts on here somewhere. ๐ฌ๐๐๐
I thought we destroyed their nuke capabilities in the summer?
That is true. It's also true they have stated they intend to rebuild, and death to America. Do you think we should wait until they get stronger and/or attain the capabilities of nukes or intercontinental ballistic missiles, and only then intervene? Or does it make to sense to utterly destroy them while they are weak, and ensure they can never make good on their threats?
"๐ก๐๐ง๐ข'๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฃ๐'๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ข๐ก'๐ง.
Mark Rutte leads the most powerful military alliance on earth. He just looked directly into the camera and said what Germany, France, and Britain have been carefully avoiding saying out loud.
๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ถ๐. ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐. ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐'๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐.
He laid out exactly why. Iran's nuclear capability and ballistic missile program pose an existential threat to Israel. A direct threat to the entire region. A threat to Europe. A threat to the whole world. The NATO Secretary General โ the man whose entire job is the collective security of the Western alliance โ is saying that what Trump is doing is not optional. It is necessary.
This matters enormously. Rutte is not a Trump ally. He is not an American. He is the head of an institution that has been repeatedly criticized, pressured, and threatened by Trump over burden-sharing. He has every political incentive to hedge, equivocate, and issue carefully worded statements that satisfy nobody and offend nobody. Instead he praised the president's leadership on camera โ directly, without qualification.
The contrast with European heads of government is stark. Keir Starmer said it was "not a NATO mission." Germany said it was "not our war." France wouldn't send its aircraft carrier. They applaud the outcome while refusing to share the burden โ and they won't even say publicly what their own alliance chief is saying privately and now publicly.
Rutte knows the truth that Europe's elected leaders are too politically cautious to admit: the Iranian nuclear program was not a problem that was going to solve itself through diplomacy, sanctions, and strongly worded UN resolutions. Seven American presidents tried that approach. The centrifuges kept spinning. The missiles kept improving. The proxies kept k!lling.
Trump did what needed to be done. The head of NATO just confirmed it.
๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ก๐๐ง๐ข ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ โ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ท๐๐ฑ๐ด๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐."
https://nitter.net/i/status/2035816937905955168
Translation: Please please please Trump, don't exit NATO. We won't have a reason to exist and no funding.
I'll lose my job, my power, my money and my control over the world. Please, Trump don't do it. I'll do what you want. Say your Iran campaign is justified? OK, I will do it.
Btw, i personally support Trumps' actions. Iran has been threatening america my entire life and I don't want them having a nuke. I don't want Pakistan to have a nuke. I don't want Israel to have a nuke. no one really should have nukes.
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I wonder when they will try to defend/dismiss the long-range missiles Iran fired at Diego Garcia?
I thought we destroyed their nuke capabilities in the summer? I donโt get on this website very often anymore so I missed what was said about nukes this go around and why what was told to us in the summer isnโt true anymore. I know yโall got the receipts on here somewhere. ๐ฌ๐๐๐
That is true. It's also true they have stated they intend to rebuild, and death to America. Do you think we should wait until they get stronger and/or attain the capabilities of nukes or intercontinental ballistic missiles, and only then intervene? Or does it make to sense to utterly destroy them while they are weak, and ensure they can never make good on their threats?