
Mark Rutte: the lying Dutchman
Mark Rutte has long been described as the man who could “smile through a scandal.” The longest-serving prime minister in Dutch history built his reputation on a calm demeanor, pragmatic communication, and a disarming sense of humor. He projects the image of a man above ideology, the everyman who bikes to work and lives in a modest apartment. But behind this facade lies something more troubling: a leader who has elevated forgetfulness, denial, and spin into an art form. Rutte’s leadership style relies not on charisma or vision, but on erosion, the slow wearing down of political resistance through…
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