When NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte called President Donald Trump “Daddy,” he opened a can of worms much to many people’s amusement.
That includes White House staffers, who released a video, set to the song “Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home)” by Usher, that shared highlights of Trump’s trip to the NATO summit in Netherlands, per The Hill.
Rutte referred to Trump as “Daddy” during a news conference earlier this week. Trump had said Israel and Iran “don’t know what the f— they’re doing.”
Rutte responded with, “Daddy has to sometimes use strong language.”
The NATO official later said his comment was in jest.
“The daddy thing, I didn’t call him ‘daddy,’” Rutte said.
“What I said is that sometimes, in Europe, I hear sometimes countries saying, ‘Hey, Mark, will the U.S. 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?’ So in that sense, I used ‘daddy’ — not that I was calling President Trump daddy,” Rutte added.
Trump later commented, saying, “He did it very affectionately though, ‘Daddy, you’re my daddy,’” Trump said, much to the amusement of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who laughed behind Trump.
However, not everyone found the video amusing.
