At the close of the NATO summit, Mark Rutte shared informal praise for Trump’s approach to Iran and defence spending, including a playful "daddy" remark on TV and private messages calling Trump’s bombing of Iran “decisive” and “extraordinary”.

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.

THE HAGUE - He’s already the world’s most powerful man, but US President Donald Trump got a new nickname on June 25 from Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte – the “Daddy”. The two leaders were joshing ahead of the Nato summit when Mr Trump reprised his analogy of warring countries Iran and Israel being like squabbling children.