BREAKING: New blockbuster report reveals European leaders reportedly flatter, indulge and humor Trump to keep NATO from falling apart!
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte began the process, the WSJ reports, by bombarding Trump with praise, copied his writing style, and rarely broke character as he pushed all his well known buttons. Soon other European leaders were workshopping their text messages, debating which words should appear in ALL CAPS and even changing policy language to match Trump’s preferred vocabulary.
The Rutte-led plan is to butter Trump up in public, while privately steering him away from his most destructive impulses. The performance became so convincing that fellow heads of government reportedly joked Rutte had become “an actor who never broke character. “
Soon, other European leaders were copying the act
Finland’s president and Norway’s prime minister began workshopping their text messages to Trump together, debating which words should be typed in ALL CAPS because that was believed to be the most effective way to communicate with him.
At one point, Norwegian officials reportedly worried that simply mentioning Norway might remind Trump that the Nobel Peace Prize committee is based there, so they preferred Finland’s president send certain messages instead.
They even began translating policy into Trump’s language. Instead of calling for a ceasefire in Ukraine, they reportedly started saying “stop the killing,” echoing Trump’s own rhetoric. When Trump bristled at the word “sanctions,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen reportedly began describing economic pressure on Russia as “tariffs” instead.
Perhaps the most astonishing anecdote came during an Oval Office meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron
According to one official, the two leaders were participating in a video call led by then-Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau when a technical problem prevented Trump from joining the conversation.
Getting frustrated, he picked up the tablet and hurled it across the Oval Office, sending it to the same fate as the infamous bottle of ketchup.
The vignettes paint a remarkable picture of America’s closest allies, dumbing themselves down, if you will, for Trump by coordinating talking points, altering their vocabulary, flattering his ego, mimicking his quirks, and tap dancing around subjects that might trigger his ire, all in the hope of keeping the Western alliance intact.
Lest we forget, the United States founded and up to now ably led it to succeed in securing peace in Europe for 80 years
Now we learn that our allies increasingly feel they must handle the American president as delicately as everyone else handles a toddler who hasn’t had his nap yet.
