Danish reporter asks Mark Rutte if sitting silent hurt his self-respect
WOW -- Danish reporter *goes there* with Rutte "You sit next to Trump when he talks about conquering Greenland, lashes out at allies like Spain -- things it doesn't seem like the old Mark Rutte would approve of. Does this have any affect on your self-respect when you sit there and say nothing?"
July958He is a journalist, through and through. Holy shit that was good!!
Dave Nelson 🇨🇦486Excellent question Bullshit answer New Secretary General needed
Colin Robinson292they should all go there. there and much much further
HockeyDad184Answer was the biggest bitch answer ever. Coward.
Frode #Fella177This is the guy, @rasmussvaneborg.bsky.social. He's registered, but not active, but give him a follow and a mention. Let's lure him to Blue Sky 😎
Kustaw Bessems111Message from The Netherlands, where 'the old Mark Rutte' was prime minister for almost twelve years. The guy really has always been fine with pretty much anything.
Heard Island Government40Well done, Danish News Agency for the win, even if he didn’t get an actual answer
Paloma Llaneza18Tuve un novio holandés que me transmitió una visión edulcorada de los holandeses. Ahora que los sufro en un proyecto os digo que no es por casualidad la mala fama que acumulan. Son un país carcomido por las mafias, que se cree superior y que trabajan menos que la chaqueta de un guardia.
Maximillian Potter9It can be done. And this is how it’s done.
Kritische noot9Rutte verschilt hier🔽 in niets met Trump. Hij krijgt een scherpe vraag van een Deense journalist en beantwoordt gladweg de vraag niet. Net als met de Tevendeal ('Geen actieve herinnering'), schaadt hij, als een politieke hooligan, het democratisch ethos dat ten grondslag ligt aan alliantievorming.
The DILETTANTE7This is how to do journalism
Marie 🌺6Lol That’s why the world is going bonkers We are led by unprincipled, opportunistic and coward bastards
Antagoniste 🏴6dans ce vidéo: un journaliste intelligent et courageux (espèces en péril) politicien gluant et obséquieux (espèce envahissante)
Christian Lipski5Oh THAT'S what reporting looks like
Tango Lingo5This is the difference between a journalist and a reporter
Maitrijen⁷4This is how to do it.
Asking a supposed leader if he (or she) feels any loss of self-respect for fecklessly and shamelessly kowtowing to the dumbest, most incompetent and most corrupt US President in history is very insightful.
Freydis284It's the rarity of it that has our attention.
Patronzo213Yes, exactly! and if I failed to convey my admiration for the question, I apologize But journalism begins when the truth is written or displayed. If a good question is asked but it goes nowhere, it helps no one (This is the first I’ve written these foggy thoughts. I hope I’m explaining this well)
Small-DickHaver5have you ever watched American legacy media? I swear they just care about access
Maddie’s Travels3My understanding is that he does not mind walking two steps behind the CHILD RAPIST…. And to accept the humiliation and cruelty the CHILD RAPIST’s regime represents…..
Q: "You sit next to Donald Trump at moments when he talks about conquering Greenland, talks about lashing out at allies…Does this have any affect on your self-respect when you sit there and say nothing?" Rutte: "I think we should praise Donald Trump for the fact that NATO is so much stronger."
bananagrabber.bsky.social46lol. What is the point of this society if everyone is a spineless pussy.
Abe R. Zuewrath29How does he stand upright without a spine? 😳
Patric Reynolds28Whoa... so *that's* what actual journalism sounds like.
mjk4mj.bsky.social17Rutte is a right-winger. He's useless shit. Trump attacks Spain. Sanchez doesn't work for Putin. Trump works for Putin. The Republican Party is the traitor party (only scum people in that party). www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
chocolatefire.bsky.social15He’s not wrong. In my 49 years I’ve never seen other countries so united because of their hate and utter disgust for trump. We Canadians were ‘quiet’ patriots, but when he started his 51st state shit, we came together in a wave of national patriotism I’ve never seen outside of sports.
ellenahzulu.bsky.social7It's patently obvious that Rutte is the designated NATO Trump fluffer, tasked with publicly taking DJT's side, flattering and defending him in order to ultimately guide him towards views & policies that benefit NATO. Rutte's loyalty routine here is critically impt. for world stability.
Adam Keiper130On the one hand, I don't know that Rutte, given his job, could have said anything different here, as spineless and cowardly as this makes him seem. On the other hand: Kudos to the reporter who asked this the-emperor-has-no-clothes-and-is-also-batshit-crazy question.
Anna27I have a new hero.
chocolatefire.bsky.social8Gotta give it to Rutte, he’s not wrong. No person has ever galvanized other countries national pride-united in their hate for trump-more than trump has in modern history. #Canada, used to be ’quiet’ patriots- not the loud, flag lapel pin type. Now, we’re righteously angry patriots 🤣🇨🇦
⚠️Invalid Love Handles3any country that could do anything about our problem is led by twits with the fortitude of mozzarella and honestly I can't wait for The Finals season 11 to come out tomorrow so I can pretend I'm leaving this planet and going to space
Childless Dog Lady3Rutte is such as asskisser. I’d be looking at his bank accounts.
Thomas Ley2Diese freundlichen Nordsee-Anrainer. Haben alle einen herzigen Akzent, nennen auch ihre Top-Politiker beim Vornamen - und stellen dann die brutalsten Fragen..
Marc 🍁2This guys a clown. Get rid of him #NATO Another Trump appeaser. Fuck him. #cdnpoli
Kenny Pryde2Huh, how about that? They let a journalist in to a NATO presser and he asked Rutte the question we've been wondering about for months. Rutte, the man who called Trump 'Daddy' at a 2025 NATO summit.
Danish reporter Rasmus Svaneborg grills NATO's Rutte over his silence when US President Trump talks about conquering Greenland and lashes out at Spain. "Does this have any effect on your self-respect when you sit next to him like that and say nothing?"
Danny25any chance this fella can be sent over to America to teach Journalism ??
globalcatastrophe.bsky.social14And then Rutte goes on and on to ... say nothing. Rutte is just pathetic.
Jack Brand10In a world of White House Briefing Room correspondents, be a Rasmus Svaneborg.
DebBoudreau.bsky.social 🇨🇦7As usual, didn’t answer the question at all
Vanessa Chaland5This guy is a feckless pussy. Trump deserves NO accolades...period! And why do people think its "good" to spend more GDP on "war" instead of spending more money on creating and maintaining "peace". The USA, Israel and the UK are the warmongers, along with Putin, not others. This is all backwards...
sherrimcgrath.bsky.social4What is wrong with these leaders, I think he does not want to lose the US funding in NATO, that is fine but you cannot keep catering to this mad man, he has to be told, even our leader agreeing with the bombing of Iran is enraging!
Kate Elliott21I so appreciate this Danish reporter finally addressing the elephant in the room, and yes, he gets exactly the answer we know is coming (i.e. nothing but blather)
Marylin Delgado4So, the answer is clear. What a shame.
Aibo - Zonny3And the US🇺🇸 media..... vs Europe🇪🇺
Grumpy Philosopher2It‘s bad when some men wield so much arbitrary power that others must debase themselves to remain safe. This is a large part of the republican case for conceiving of freedom as non-domination. I both pity Rutter & feel contempt for him, because I doubt he really needs to crawl on his belly to Trump.
Rutte answers by immediately and effusively praising Trump, thereby indirectly providing a definitive answer to the question: He no longer has any self-respect. He traded it in for a pair of Trump’s boots-so he could lick them
Karen “Will not Toady” Robertson4Translation: "Trump's corruption and unreliability have required us to do NATO without him and that Europe-dominated NATO will protect Greenland from him." Rutte's doing what everyone who wants to neutralize Trump has to do (and yes, it's nauseating).
DJ Uncle Fishbits3What he is doing is far more complex than that. You want to piss off a narcissist with nuclear codes or you want to keep him appeased? We all know the right answer. Don't be disastrously binary with dated logic.
Natick42So says Americans… who don’t have Russians invading a country on their border! Europe does NOT have heavy lift capability! Once they do - and they signaled on developing that this week! - reliance on the US will drop, and their need to stay silent will too. They still need the US military.
"We should praise Donald Trump for the fact that NATO is so much stronger." Not a non-answer. A sniveling, craven submission to an autocrat that clearly answers the reporters question: Mark Rutte has no self-respect.
MassiveCivilResistance31In an indirect way because Trump has proven to be such a threat the European Union is stepping up to become self sufficient in their own defense. It’s so cynical to turn that into a compliment but Rutte is allowing the emperor to believe he’s wearing clothes
Holding Onto Hope2Biden was president when NATO expanded. Why not blame Biden?
Froter1Is that an admission that our allies have felt a greater need for solidarity to ensure the strength of the alliance as the US becomes less stable.
