{"id":303172,"date":"2025-12-17T21:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T21:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/donald-trump-is-good-news-for-nato-and-ukraine-mark-rutte-says-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T21:00:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T21:00:16","slug":"donald-trump-is-good-news-for-nato-and-ukraine-mark-rutte-says-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/donald-trump-is-good-news-for-nato-and-ukraine-mark-rutte-says-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump is good news for Nato and Ukraine, Mark Rutte says | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/ApFGcwayKmg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump is good news for Nato and Ukraine, Mark Rutte says | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ApFGcwayKmg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said US President Donald Trump is \u201cgood news for collective defence, for NATO and for Ukraine\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the PM programme on BBC Radio 4, Rutte said he believes \u201cfundamentally, thanks to Donald Trump, NATO is stronger than it ever was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The US leader has harshly criticised European allies for spending very little on defence &#8211; even threatening to withdraw US protection if they fail to do so.<\/p>\n<p>The Nato chief also said the current peace deal being discussed for Ukraine wouldn\u2019t embolden Russia, due to the security guarantees.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &quot;Russia will see that, with the security guarantees in place, he should never ever try again to attack Ukraine because our reaction will be devastating and that&#8217;s exactly what we are now discussing&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#DonaldTrump #Nato #Ukraine #BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said US President Donald Trump is \u201cgood news for collective defence, for NATO and for Ukraine\u201d. 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