NATO Secretary-General Warns Trump of New Threats If Ukraine Gets Bad Deal

‘We cannot have a situation where we have Kim Jong Un and the Russian leader and Xi Jinping and Iran high-fiving,’ NATO’s Mark Rutte said.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte answers journalists questions in Budapest, Hungary, on Nov. 7, 2024. Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images

The head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) warned President-elect Donald Trump that the United States would face new threats if Ukraine is forced to make concessions to Russia in the ongoing war.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte told the Financial Times in an interview published on Dec. 2 that the United States would face a “dire threat” from China, North Korea, and Iran if the Trump administration pushes for a deal that Rutte believes wouldn’t be beneficial for Ukraine.