NATO Chief Rutte Visits White House to Patch Alliance Fracture Over Iran War

🎖️ BRUSSELS — Rutte flew to Washington to save an alliance Trump is monetizing. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Rutte's "isolated cases" framing concedes the rupture while minimizing its scope. Trump's billing-Europe posture is leverage — Rutte flattering him in person signals European capitals have no harder card to play. For Gulf states watching Rubio's tour, a supplicant NATO undermines the coalition's credibility as a coherent post-war guarantor.