{"id":160601,"date":"2025-01-24T18:09:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T16:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=160601"},"modified":"2025-01-24T18:15:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T16:15:05","slug":"theres-a-big-chainsaw-waiting-for-you-in-the-us-richard-grenell-scolds-nato-secretary-general-over-ukraines-membership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/theres-a-big-chainsaw-waiting-for-you-in-the-us-richard-grenell-scolds-nato-secretary-general-over-ukraines-membership\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cTHERE&#8217;S A BIG CHAINSAW WAITING FOR YOU IN THE US\u201d: Richard Grenell scolds NATO secretary general over Ukraine\u2019s membership!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte received a rare public \u201cscolding\u201d from Richard Grenell, who served as a special envoy during former President Donald Trump\u2019s administration, at the World Economic Forum in Davos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a discussion titled \u201cUkrainian Breakfast in Davos,\u201d Grenell, speaking via video link from California, warned the NATO Secretary General that he would face a \u201cbig chainsaw\u201d in the United States if he continued to speak about Ukraine\u2019s NATO membership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grenell also criticized the Netherlands, Rutte\u2019s home country, where he served as a longtime Prime Minister, for its low defense spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following Grenell\u2019s remarks, Rutte did not respond to the criticisms, remaining silent after the sharp comments from the American side, which were far from pleasant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">FIND OUT MORE IN ENGLISH:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fserbiantimes%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0CK673VAmx5MVjU3JfuaNwq5fhcmwJAVRFG5cchDxtBVv1NYSka7QpnuC9ouUmi3ml&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"596\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <strong>Ve\u010dernji List<\/strong>, before Grenell took the floor, the NATO Secretary General had stated from the stage that allies should now focus on \u201cputting Ukraine in the best possible position\u201d for the peace negotiations that are to commence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen those peace talks conclude, the peace achieved should be sustainable and never questioned by Russia,\u201d Rutte added.<br>\u201cObviously, full NATO membership then becomes the simplest outcome,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both Rutte and his predecessor, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, have frequently commented on Ukraine\u2019s eventual NATO membership, asserting it as a certainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Trump\u2019s special envoy, Richard Grenell, did not hesitate to publicly reprimand Rutte for such remarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou will face a big chainsaw in America if we have a NATO Secretary General talking about adding Ukraine to NATO,\u201d Grenell declared, continuing his sharp criticism:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAmerican citizens are the ones paying for defense, and you cannot ask American citizens to expand NATO\u2019s umbrella when existing allied nations aren\u2019t paying their fair share. That includes the Dutch, who need to do more. When we have leaders advocating for more war, we need to ensure those leaders are spending the right amount of money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We must be able to avoid war, which of course involves NATO\u2019s credible deterrence\u2014NATO must absolutely be ready\u2014but we need diplomats who can avoid war. American citizens are frustrated; that\u2019s my core message.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/no-one-like-the-serbs-how-our-people-made-a-famous-hollywood-actors-night-at-trumps-inauguration-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cNO ONE LIKE THE SERBS\u201d: How our people made a famous Hollywood actor\u2019s night at Trump\u2019s inauguration! 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