Mark Rutte urged the three BRICS countries to “make the phone call” to Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop the war in Ukraine — or face secondary sanctions from the US.

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    2 days ago

    Why does the NATO chief feel he’s free to talk about trade relations?

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        NATO is a military organisation. Trade is civilian.

        You don’t see the US joint chiefs weighing in on the tariff discussion, nor the head of the UK armed forces weighing in on Brexit.

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      Because those that believe that it’s merely a defensive military alliance are naive idiots.