It looks like finally, even the White House has also embraced the moniker of “daddy” for Donald Trump after NATO chief Mark Rutte used the term in a conversation with the US President..
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“Daddy’s home,” the White House posted on X, along with the video featuring the song “Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home)” by Usher and images of Trump at the NATO summit in The Hague.
The phrase emerged after Rutte, the newly appointed NATO secretary general and former Dutch prime minister, appeared alongside Trump and remarked, “And then daddy has to sometimes use strong language to get (them to) stop,” referencing Trump’s comments to Iran and Israel over ceasefire violations.
🎶 Daddy’s home… Hey, hey, hey, Daddy.
President Donald J. Trump attended the NATO Summit in The Hague, Netherlands. pic.twitter.com/asJb5FD2Ii
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 26, 2025
On Tuesday, Trump said Iran and Israel had been fighting “so long and so hard that they don’t know what the fuck they’re doing.”
In an interview with Reuters after the summit, Rutte said he had used the word “daddy” to describe how some allies seem to view the United States, rather than about Trump specifically.
“In Europe, I hear sometimes countries saying, ‘Hey, Mark, will the US stay with us?’ And I said that sounds a little bit like a small child asking his daddy, ‘Hey, are you still staying with the family?’” Rutte said.
“So in that sense, I used daddy, (it’s) not that I was calling President Trump daddy.”
Asked if this meant other NATO members were like children who were now growing up after a pledge to spend more on defence, Rutte said they “already have grown up” but realised they had to step up and “equalise” defence spending with the United States.
