President-elect Donald Trump met with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday, Nov. 22.
The transatlantic alliance confirmed the meeting in a brief statement on its website on Nov. 23.
Trump and Rutte “discussed the range of global security issues facing the Alliance,” the press statement reads.
Rutte also met with Trump’s prospective national security team members, including Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.), whom Trump has chosen to serve as his White House national security adviser.
A former prime minister of the Netherlands, Rutte assumed the role of NATO secretary-general in October.
The Friday meeting appears to be the first between Rutte and Trump since the president-elect won the U.S. presidential race….