NATO leader praises Trump for 'decisive action' on Iran

President Donald Trump was hailed astatine the 2025 NATO Summit aft the U.S. struck Iran’s atomic facilities implicit the weekend. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte praised Trump arsenic a "man of strength" and a "man of peace."

"I conscionable privation to admit your decisive enactment connected Iran," Rutte said astatine the commencement of his associated remarks with the president. "You are a antheral of strength, but you are besides a antheral of peace. And the information that you are present besides palmy successful getting this ceasefire done betwixt Israel and Iran— I truly privation to commend you for that. I deliberation this is important for the full world."

President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte astatine the NATO acme successful The Hague, Netherlands, connected June 25, 2025.  (REUTERS/Brian Snyder)

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While en way to the Netherlands for the summit, Trump shared respective texts from Rutte successful which the NATO leader expressed his enactment for the president’s determination against Iran.

"Congratulations and convey you for your decisive enactment successful Iran, that was genuinely extraordinary, and thing nary 1 other dared to do. It makes america each safer," Rutte wrote successful the texts that Trump shared connected Truth Social. 

Map of US strikes connected Iran. (Fox News)

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Rutte besides praised Trump’s effort to get NATO members to wage much and said the president was "flying into different large success" aft each countries—except Spain—agreed to walk 5% of their GDP connected defense. He added that Trump achieved thing "NO American president successful decades could get done."

Leaders of NATO subordinate states had mixed reactions to the strikes against Iran’s atomic facilities, with respective calling for de-escalation portion acknowledging the menace a atomic Iran would airs to planetary security.

Leaders of NATO subordinate states had mixed reactions to the strikes against Iran’s atomic facilities. (REUTERS/Claudia Greco)

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"Iran’s atomic programme is simply a sedate menace to planetary security. Iran tin ne'er beryllium allowed to make a atomic weapon, and the US has taken enactment to alleviate that threat," U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer wrote connected X. "The concern successful the Middle East remains volatile and stableness successful the portion is simply a priority. We telephone connected Iran to instrumentality to the negotiating array and scope a diplomatic solution to extremity this crisis."

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney issued a akin statement, adding: "As G7 leaders agreed successful Kananaskis, the solution of the Iranian situation should pb to a broader de-escalation of hostilities successful the Middle East, including a ceasefire successful Gaza."

Fox News Digital's Morgan Phillips contributed to this report.