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Crazy Democrats like Pelosi at first screamed, said unconstitutional,
then they all shut up when shown video of them thinking military
strikes by Obama were just fine.

from https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5366561-nato-chief-trump-iran-air-strikes/

NATO secretary general congratulates Trump on Iran air strikes
by Jeff Arnold, Kevin Bohn and Joe Khalil - 06/24/25 1:01 PM ET

NATO has authenticated the message sent by Mark Rutte
Rutte praised Trump for an extraordinary and decisive attack
NATO summit is currently underway at The Hague

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(NewsNation) — NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte sent a congratulatory message to President Donald Trump on Tuesday regarding U.S. air strikes
on Iranian nuclear targets over the weekend, saying the move “makes us
all safer.”

Trump posted the message to his Truth Social account, and NATO has
confirmed to NewsNation that the message was sent by Rutte. It was sent
early Tuesday before Trump left the White House for the NATO summit at
The Hague, the official said.

“Congratulations and thank you for your decisive action in Iran, that
was truly extraordinary, and something no one else dared to do,” Rutte
wrote. “It makes us all safer.”

Trump says Israel, Iran ‘don’t know what the f— they’re doing’
Trump departed for The Hague after colorfully criticizing both Israel
and Iran on Tuesday morning for what he said were violations of their
ceasefire agreement.

Rutte added, “Donald, you have really driven us to a really, really
important moment for America and Europe, and the world. You will achieve something NO American president in decades could get done. Europe is
going to pay in a BIG way as they should, and it will be your win.”

In his message, Rutte wrote that Trump was “flying into another big
success in The Hague … It was not easy, but we’ve got them all signed
onto 5 percent.”

NATO leaders are expected to endorse a goal of spending 5% of alliance members’ gross domestic product on security to fulfil plans for
defending against outside attack.

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Spain said it has reached a deal with NATO to be excluded from the 5%
target, while Trump said the figure shouldn’t apply to the United
States, only its allies.

Other questions remain over what demands could be insisted on from other members of the alliance, like Belgium, Canada, France and Italy, that
also would struggle to hike security spending by billions of dollars.
Rutte conceded that for some, reaching 5% will “still be a long road ahead.”

“NATO has no opt-out, and NATO does no side deals,” Rutte told reporters
in The Hague. “It is critical that each ally carries their fair share of
the burden.”

The Associated Press contributed to this story

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