Rubio cracks up at Trump's reaction to NATO leader calling president 'daddy'

Secretary of State Marco Rubio cracked up laughing erstwhile President Donald Trump gave his absorption to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte calling the commandant successful main "daddy" earlier Wednesday. 

During their bilateral gathering successful The Hague, Netherlands, Trump discussed the U.S.' relation successful brokering a fragile ceasefire betwixt Israel and Iran, saying some countries were similar "two kids successful a schoolhouse yard" who "fight similar hell" for a abbreviated clip earlier "it's easier to halt them." 

Rutte interjected, "Then daddy has to sometimes usage beardown language." 

Trump had utilized profanity successful beforehand of reporters extracurricular the White House earlier boarding Marine One connected Tuesday, saying astir Israel and Iran that they "have been warring truthful agelong and truthful hard that they don't cognize what the f--- they're doing. " 

At a consequent property league Wednesday, Rubio broke into hysterics erstwhile a newsman from Sky News asked Trump astir the remark. 

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President Donald Trump, left, speaks during a media league astatine the extremity of the NATO acme successful The Hague, Netherlands, connected Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The newsman reminded Trump that Rutte, "who is your friend.… He called you daddy." 

"Do you respect your NATO allies arsenic benignant of children?" the newsman asked. 

Trump responded lightheartedly, and Rubio could beryllium seen lasting adjacent to him starting to grin and laugh. "No, helium likes me. I deliberation helium likes me. If helium doesn't, I'll fto you know. I'll travel back, and I'll deed him hard. Okay?" Trump said jokingly. 

"He did. He did it. Very affectionate," Trump added of Rutte. "'Daddy, You're my daddy.'" 

The newsman pressed connected with a much superior tone, arsenic Rubio continued to laugh. 

President Donald Trump, right, speaks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte during a radical photograph successful The Hague, Netherlands, connected Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

"Do you respect your NATO allies, though, arsenic benignant of similar children?" she said. 

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NATO leaders connected Wednesday committed that the subordinate states would contribute 5% of GDP annually to defence and information obligations by 2035. 

"You're evidently appreciative of that," the newsman said. "But bash you anticipation that really they're going to beryllium capable to support themselves, support Europe connected their own?" 

"I deliberation they'll request assistance a small spot astatine the beginning, and I deliberation they'll beryllium capable to," Trump said. "I deliberation they're going to retrieve this time and this is simply a large time for NATO. You know, this was a precise large day." 

"It's been benignant of an astonishing time for a batch of reasons, but besides for that," Trump added, referencing however the greater contributions were decades successful the making. Trump claimed it was not imaginable until helium came along. 

President Donald Trump speaks during a property league astatine the extremity of the NATO acme arsenic Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth perceive successful The Hague, Netherlands, connected Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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The newsman pressed, "Do you deliberation they tin bash it without you, though successful the future? Can they bash much states?" 

"I mean, you person to inquire Mark," Trump said, concluding the property conference. The president had noted earlier that the lone NATO member that did not hold to hike its defence publication was Spain.