Rutte playfully called Trump “Daddy” after the president used an analogy of children fighting on a playground to describe Israel and Iran’s longstanding conflict.

The blossoming friendship between President Donald Trump and NATO chief Mark Rutte, and a "daddy" comment, raised eyebrows among NATO watchers this week. Rutte, a politician known for his statecraft,

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte cannot stop heaping praise on President Donald Trump’s foreign policy. The two appeared at a press event on Tuesday for the NATO summit currently underway at the Hague in the Netherlands.