Mark Rutte, the Nato secretary general, has a reputation for genial flexibility and an ability to evade trouble. During his record-breaking 14 years as prime minister of the Netherlands, he earned the nickname ‘Teflon Mark’.
He came to the job at a highly challenging time, a month before Donald Trump was elected to a second term as president.
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