NATO boss Rutte holds talks with Trump in Florida

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has held talks with US President-elect Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida, a spokesperson for the transatlantic military alliance says. "They discussed the range of global security issues facing the Alliance," the spokesperson, Farah Dakhlallah, said in a brief statement on Saturday. On its website, NATO said Rutte and his team also met with Congressman Mike Waltz, Trump's pick to be his national security adviser when he returns to the White House, and other members of the president-elect's national security team. On Friday, NATO did not respond to requests for comment on Dutch media reports that Rutte - a former prime minister of the Netherlands - had flown to Florida on a Dutch government plane to meet Trump. Rutte was widely regarded as one of the best European leaders at forging a good working relationship with Trump during his first, 2017-21 term as US president.