US President Donald Trump posted a screenshot of a private text message from NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on his own social networking platform on the 24th local time. In the text message, Rutte greatly appreciated Trump's “decisive action” against Iran. However, many media outlets such as “Russia Today” and the Associated Press noticed that the text message was extremely extravagant, and the “flattering” content quickly sparked controversy. Some netizens bluntly stated, “I feel a bit disgusted.” RT said that the information Trump shared appears to have been sent before the NATO summit in The Hague, which opened on the 24th. “Mr. President, dear Donald,” Rutte wrote at the beginning of the text message, “Congratulations and thanks for your decisive action in Iran. This is truly an extraordinary act, an act that no one else is afraid to take.”

US President Donald Trump posted a screenshot of a private text message from NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on his own social networking platform on the 24th local time. In the text message, Rutte greatly appreciated Trump's “decisive action” against Iran. However, many media outlets such as “Russia Today” and the Associated Press noticed that the text message was extremely extravagant, and the “flattering” content quickly sparked controversy. Some netizens bluntly stated, “I feel a bit disgusted.” RT said that the information Trump shared appears to have been sent before the NATO summit in The Hague, which opened on the 24th. “Mr. President, dear Donald,” Rutte wrote at the beginning of the text message, “Congratulations and thanks for your decisive action in Iran. This is truly an extraordinary act, an act that no one else is afraid to take.”