Globalist Politician Rejected by Own Electorate Favourite to Lead NATO

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : While the men may not agree on their political views, Rutte has been diplomatic towards Trump in the past and even chided other European leaders for their non-stop criticism of the former President.
47% : That Wilders' forthright positions on matters like mass migration and nationalism repudiate everything a soft-right centrist globalist like Rutte has stood for, and the success of other insurgent populist parties like the anti-green agenda farmer movement, really underlines the degree to which Dutch voters rejected the Rutte platform.
36% : Last month Rutte was standing apart from the European leadership class's opinions on Trump again, pointing out that, in fact, the former President was right to point out how little some European states pay for their defence, in defiance of their NATO treaty obligations.
30% : Amid the news cycle of comentators losing their heads over Trump's latest NATO comments, which as a report at the time noted the more grounded leaders realised should be taken "seriously but not literally", Rutte had said "We should stop moaning and whining and nagging about Trump".
16% : Rutte said then, rather than simply complaining "Trump is very wrong" on everything, it would be better to make use of Trump's presence to fix the flaws in multilateralism in NATO, the World Trade Organisation, and the European Union.

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