Trump: 'Tremendous Love' in Room After NATO Summit Win

At the conclusion of the latest North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Turkey, President Trump took to the stage, backed by key members of his Cabinet, to deliver some remarks. His tone was upbeat, especially when singing the praises of his team.

🚨 NOW: President Trump just walked out to a JAMPACKED NATO press conference, flanked by Hegseth, Rubio, Bessent, Stephen Miller, and NATO Ambassador Whittaker

"I've got my team out here. They've all become stars — SUPERSTARS actually." 🔥

A REAL power team representing America… pic.twitter.com/a6abuQRMyh
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 8, 2026

The president said:

That's a lot of press. Wow. Well, it's important stuff. And you know, our team out here, well, they've all become stars. Superstars, actually. But we want to thank you very much, we've had a tremendous time, and I think, great success. We just concluded a very successful NATO summit, here in Turkey, and I want to thank President Erdogan, who is really a great man, a great leader, he's a friend of mine, been a friend of mine for a long time. He's a strong person. A very strong personality. That's why he runs such a successful and good company, uh, country. I would say a great country. Militarily, he's very powerful. People leave him alone. But he's really done a fantastic job, and from the moment we got off the plane, you look at the airports, they were beautiful. They built a new terminal for our arrival. Everything was beautiful. And so I just want to thank President Erdogan, who has just done a fantastic job in Turkey.
And, I also want to thank NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, Mark is an extraordinary person, smart, great leader. It's not easy, leading so many leaders like that. Got a lot of leaders, and their strong personalities, every one of them. And Mark has an unbelievable job, couldn't find anybody any better.

Nothing much to comment on here; if you look back through the history of American presidents and their closing remarks at NATO summits and similar functions, this is the typical soft-soaping of the host country and key NATO figures that goes on.

A clip presented on the Rapid Response X account continues from the previous clip to present an interesting remark from President Trump:

.@POTUS: "We just concluded a very successful NATO Summit here in Turkey. I want to thank President Erdogan, who's really a great man... and I also want to thank @SecGenNATO. Mark is an extraordinary person... there was tremendous love in that [meeting] room." pic.twitter.com/8lLcl5XbXw
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 8, 2026

The president continued:

I just want to say there was tremendous love in that room. The press got to see the sitting, but they didn't get to see the speaking, and I actually said it's too bad the press couldn't see this, because every one of them spoke for a little while, and I spoke for a little while, and it's big, it's a lot of speeches. We kept it short. But it's too bad the press couldn't have seen what we were doing in that room. Because it was very smart people, and they have a lot of good in their heart. Not evil. Good. And they're doing a great job for their country.

That's a little beyond the typical soft-soaping, you have to admit.

Trump Kicks Off NATO Summit With F-35 Bombshell and a Reality Check for Europe

The summit wasn't without its contentious moments. President Trump, during the summit, called for an American cessation of all trade with Spain, a NATO ally, over Spain's refusal to meet the 5 percent of GDP NATO defense spending requirement - and it's not at all unlikely that Spain's wide-open doors policy for "migrants" may have been part of the reason for that, too. President Trump also announced his willingness to sell advanced F-35 fighters to Turkey, a move that's sure to raise a few eyebrows at the War Department.

Stay tuned. There is sure to be more detail coming out of this just-concluded summit.

Editor’s Note: Thanks to President Trump and his administration’s bold leadership, we are respected on the world stage, and our enemies are being put on notice.

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