Transcript of a brief public exchange (June 25, 2025) between President Donald Trump and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte following a NATO summit. They congratulate NATO decisions (including an agreement on a 5% benchmark), discuss working together on defense industry and deterrence, and President Trump criticizes major US news outlets (CNN, New York Times) as "fake news" while praising pilots and referring to reported destruction tied to Iran/Israeli commissions. The tone alternates between diplomatic courtesy and combative media commentary.
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So, yes, absolutely. Well, I just want to thank the Netherlands. They've done a great job. You have done, Mr. President. You've done a great job. And this was a tremendous summit and I enjoyed it very much. And thank you. I stayed through every one of those speeches, everyone. And some were good and some weren't quite as good. Right. I never realized this.
I was listening as well. Yes, you did a beautiful job. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President. And thank you for being in the nation Senate I think to be. We made a big achievement in NATO today and going agreeing on the 5%.
And making a real big step forward.
And now working together on defence industry to make sure that we've got a deterrence on defense in the western world. Europe, America, Canada, together make it strong.
Thank you very much. Thank you.
Big decisions today.
Great honor.
Yes, my honor.
So thank you very much, everybody. We're going to have a press conference. Thank you, press. Thank you, press. Thank you, press. We're going to do it in a couple of days. Commission and from Iran, as you know that it was complete total destruction. And CNN turned out to be fake news as always. That's why they have no credibility. That's why they have no viewers. But we're going to read it to you if you haven't seen it. Have you seen it, Jeff? Yes, sir. Have you seen it? Pretty good. Very unfair to the pilots that risk their lives for our country and then they get fake news. New York Times and CNN make up a phony story to get some. That's the only reason I cared about it because those pilots were so brave. I've never seen anything like it. They flew into the Hornet's nest and then they got hurt so badly by what the fake news wrote. And it was cnn, it was the New York Times and they're both disgusting, disgusting. Really horrible groups of people. The pilots did an unbelievable job like nobody's ever seen. They hit pay dirt. You see where the. I guess you probably look, they call it the wound. You see where the wound is on the earth. And three of them right next to each other. Perfect. And they should be admired and respected for what they did. And the fake news, in order to try and hit me. The fake news made them look bad, but now they look really good again. So that was the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission and it was also about the High Commission of Iran just said it was totally demolished. But we're going to have a news conference in a couple of minutes and we'll see you because I don't want to. I don't want to burst the Prime Minister with this. Okay. Thank you very much. I love the Netherlands. Are you from the Netherlands? If.
If American is first, if the Netherlands second.
Why you say if American is first, if the Netherlands has been second?
Oh, no. Well, I think. I don't. Some people put it first. Have a Good time, everybody. Mr. President, what do you think of the outcome of the summit? What do you think of the outcome of the summit? I'm going to have. I think the summit was fantastic. It was a big. You had great people here. Everybody showed up. They were all the prime ministers and the presidents and the kings and the queens. Right. And I actually had breakfast today with a king and a queen who were beautiful, beautiful people. Central casting, I must say. Very nice. We had a great time. We thought the Netherlands was fantastic. And I think you did a fantastic job. Thank you.
We made big decisions today.
Big things happen. Yes.
Mr. President, you said you would clarify your stance on Article 5 just yesterday. Is that something you can explain?
That's why I'm here. I didn't stand with it. I wouldn't be here.
So you would defend countries?
Of course. Why would I be here? Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you.
