NATO leader Mark Rutte announced an increase in defence spending and production with U.S. President Donald Trump back in office. Rutte emphasized the need for allied nations to boost their defence spending in a statement shared on social media.

Reich also criticises Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship - where anyone born in the US becomes a citizen - saying it's a violation of the US constitution: "Decent people could lose their citizenship... children could lose their parents...some parents may not have the right papers."

Should new US administration keep supplying Ukraine from its defense industrial base, Europeans must be ready to pay the bill, Mark Rutte says - Anadolu Ajansı

NATO boss Mark Rutte said Trump "has been right many times" and played it cool when grilled by members of the European Parliament on the president-elect's Greenland plans.

NATO Chief Mark Rutte has said that if a deal is reached between Russia and Ukraine that is aligned more towards Moscow, Putin and his allies, including China, North Korea, and Iran will have the last laugh,

NATO chief Mark Rutte said Trump's return "will turbo-charge defence spending and production" at the alliance.

Mark Rutte, incoming secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), during a transition ceremony at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. Mark Rutte, the affable and meticulous former Dutch premier, has a daunting task ahead to keep the defense alliance a global force.