Watch: NATO chief calls Donald Trump 'daddy' in bizarre exchange
The Secretary General of NATO has raised eyebrows after he called US President Donald Trump 'daddy' in a meeting about the Israel-Iran conflict.
Mr Trump declared a ceasefire between Israel and Iran following 12 days of exchanges over Iran's reported nuclear progress, which was broken just over an hour later when the two countries began firing missiles at each other again.
After Mr Trump said that both countries 'don't know what the f**k they're doing,' the fragile ceasefire has held for now; with him speaking on the conflict at a NATO summit with Secretary General Mark Rutte.
'Sometimes daddy has to use strong language.'
Nato's secretary general Mark Rutte referred to US President Donald Trump as 'daddy' when discussing the Israel-Iran conflict at the summit in The Hague. pic.twitter.com/Ep6GhQ63HX — Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) June 25, 2025
After comparing Israel and Iran to 'two kids in a schoolyard,' Mr Trump said 'they fight like hell, you can't stop em. Let em fight for about two to three minutes, then it's easy to stop them.'
However, the exchange took a weird turn when Mr Rutte said 'and then daddy [Mr Trump] has to sometimes use strong language,' referring to Mr Trump swearing on live television.
The 'daddy' comment raised eyebrows on Twitter (X), with one person commenting 'Is cringe a new component of NATO offensive capabilities?' The Secretary General of NATO has raised eyebrows after he called US President Donald Trump 'daddy' in a meeting about the Israel-Iran conflict. Pic:'This is genuinely nauseating,' another wrote, while another tweeted ''daddy'?? What the actual HELL is going on!? NATO Chief just called Trump 'daddy' on camera and people are losing it!'
Israel began launching fresh missiles at Iran, claiming that the country violated the ceasefire that US President Trump announced on Truth Social in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The ceasefire lasted only a few hours, before the exchanges began again.
After telling Israel 'DO NOT DROP THOSE BOMBS [sic],' on Truth Social, Mr Trump addressed the media, where he said both countries were violating the ceasefire, and telling Israel to 'calm down' — before saying that both countries don't know 'what the f**k they're doing.' US president Donald Trump said that Israel and Iran 'don't know what the f**k they're doing' after an hours old ceasefire was broken. Pic: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
'There was one rocket that I guess was fired overboard after the time limit and now Israel is going out. These guys [have] got to calm down,' Mr Trump said. 'I didn't like the fact that Israel unloaded right after we made the deal. They didn't have to unload.
'We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don't know what the f**k they're doing.'
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