this post was submitted on 24 Jun 2025
247 points (97.0% liked)

World News

36869 readers
872 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 102 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)
[–] [email protected] 100 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

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.

[–] SGforce 50 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I'm sure EVERY European politician randomly CAPITALISES words like some LUNATIC

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago

And signs their essay texts with their name. Very common as we all know.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

It's Mark Rutte. He certainly would write it like this.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

@[email protected]

This user is great when it comes to mimicking this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

He's a true American PATRIOT who loves America BIGLY

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

I'm confused why people are surprised at this, to be honest. It's entirely expected.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It's entirely expected, not sure why you're in disbelief.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

It reads like something Trump wrote about himself. He's done that kind of bullshit before.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

Trump has also leaked private messages before.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

Or something written to pander to him.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

If you know Mark Rutte long enough, you can tell the difference.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's saying the quiet part out loud. Surely anyone who sees this will be outraged?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 weeks ago

The Rutte team has confirmed it was indeed a real text sent by Mark Rutte to Trump.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Things I'd want to know before deciding for myself whether the screenshot montage is real, regardless of whether Trump shared it (he did):

  • Have we seen other screenshots where Trump use enormous font sizes? Is that how bigger system text looks in this app? He's not exactly youthful, so it's no great surprise, but worth asking the question.
  • Is it realistic that Trump or an aide would have screenshotted the entire message within two minutes of it being received?
  • Does this messaging app routinely display the contact name offset and the profile image vertically cropped? What app is it?
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

"Really, really"