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This can't be real
Real tweet, fake text... no way any NATO leader would say "Europe is going to pay BIG" it's just too Trump. Same with the incessant comma splices.
But big congrats to Trump for ruining the information space so completely that I genuinely cannot tell what's real anymore.
This is Mark Rutte.
He would totally say “Europe is going to pay in a BIG way” to flatter Trump.
Incessant comma splices is I guess typically Dutch and indicative to the way Rutte talks. I sometimes do it too.
He's a liberal, making him almost as right-wing as Ursula von der Leyen, not a social democrat
or a democratic socialist or left of that.
I'm sure EVERY European politician randomly CAPITALISES words like some LUNATIC
It's Mark Rutte. He certainly would write it like this.
And signs their essay texts with their name. Very common as we all know.
@BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz
This user is great when it comes to mimicking this.
He's a true American PATRIOT who loves America BIGLY
I don't believe this is real, but the all caps words aren't random. They're clearly for emphasis, the same kinds of words I might capitalize for effect. That is not really the unbelievable aspect of this scenario.
Hasn't Rutte always been known for being able to handle Trump well? I'm pretty sure the only way to do that is kiss his ass in a way he understands, so this doesn't seem too surprising.
kissing his ass and conceding all his demands is not "handling trump well" lmao
AP is reporting this as real
I would love and hate to see proof that Mark Rutte really texted this to Trump.
The "Truth" post is 100% real, inarguably, but I haven't seen anyone reporting the picture is of a real message from Rutte to Trump.
E: never mind that is... apparently Rutte's office has confirmed the message is really from Rutte????
?????
I need to go lie down.
I can tell you as a Dutchman, reading this I could hear Mark Rutte's voice and it aligns with his anglophile suck-up character.
I couldn't see him writing it any other way.
I'm confused why people are surprised at this, to be honest. It's entirely expected.
The Rutte team has confirmed it was indeed a real text sent by Mark Rutte to Trump.
It's entirely expected, not sure why you're in disbelief.
It reads like something Trump wrote about himself. He's done that kind of bullshit before.
If you know Mark Rutte long enough, you can tell the difference.
Or something written to pander to him.
Trump has also leaked private messages before.
This has been my thought the whole time. It looks read like something someone with an IQ 43 would write about themselves. That or they had Grok do it.
If you know Mark Rutte long enough, then you know it's his style of flattering a person by mimicking him, mixed in with his own style of speech.
It's saying the quiet part out loud. Surely anyone who sees this will be outraged?
It isn't really a quiet part, though, never has been. NATO has openly been a millitary alliance for the purpose of maintaining Western Imperialism headed by the US, no more and no less, since its inception.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114738606142462442
Ran a quick search and multiple well established news outlets are reporting this.
I’m afraid it is.
The wording does seem very out of character for Rutte but it makes sense that he feels the need to stoop to Trump’s level and overdo the flattering.
Really?
I'd say it hits it completely on point the way Rutte is, an anglophile that doesn't want to rustle too many feathers unless it's against leaders of countries outside of NATO.
His party is super-pro-Israel and super-anti-Russia.
What's he gonna complain about?
Another .ml telling lies. There are only reports on this from bullshit sources. There are no major sources currently reporting this.
Care to share your “multiple well established sources” or should we just take your word for it?
Holy shit you are the biggest moron on your instance.
Another person hating .ml for stating truths which oppose their fantasy world view.
AP: https://apnews.com/article/trump-rutte-text-message-nato-signal-6263810ac3ca77a5bf7366499f51c772
Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/ce9eb7e4-7989-45f6-a3b3-3cdec73a8540
PBS: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/nato-chief-praises-trump-for-making-europe-pay-in-a-big-way-on-defense-ahead-of-historic-summit
Come on you can't be this moronic.
It's on the official trump account on his crap social media, you need BBC to show this link to you?
You really think people would go online and lie? Just because he posted it does not make it a real text. It does appear to be genuine though, but don't just trust things cause someone said/posted it
The text is real, too.
Everyone can lie, even if Rutte said that the print is false he could also be lying(but they confirm that this is real). The point is, Trump actually post this shit, don't need to be a fucking moron and say "Another .ml telling lies"
Why would this not be real?
It looks legit to me.
It's got all the little idiosyncracy hallmarks Rutte has.
I don't think Trump could make this up.
please stop with this ml bullshit
@umbrella@lemmy.ml was talking about Maeruu complaining about Lemmy.ml as the bullshit, umbrella was not claiming Maeruu's take was Marxist-Leninist and that is bad. Really not sure how you got that one confused.
"Really, really"
Things I'd want to know before deciding for myself whether the screenshot montage is real, regardless of whether Trump shared it (he did):
Don't know about any of it, but I've had Rutte as my prime minister.
This reads like the way he talks and thinks.
The biggest strength of Rutte is that he's a chameleon,
so there's no telling what he actually thinks,
but considering his party allegiance it's pro-NATO through and through.