Dossier
Secretary General Rutte
Coverage of Secretary General Rutte in the Nexus archive.
- NATO Summit – All Hail to Trump?
Secretary General Rutte is expected to publicly praise Trump for rising European defense spending, but Europeans privately doubt US commitment to Article 5, prompting a push for defense autonomy. Ukraine's resilience and US arms sales serve as temporary solutions, while Turkey's military-industrial capacity and Trump-Erdoğan ties position it as a key defense partner.