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Rutte, like Stoltenberg, is called the “Trump whisperer” for his efforts in public, and private, to keep the unpredictable president on side. Rutte, the former Dutch leader armed with his toolbox of praise, is widely seen as having played a significant role in pulling Trump back from the brink in his threats to “take” Greenland – a semi-autonomous territory of fellow Nato member Denmark – earlier this year.
