Western conspiracy theories NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte responded to the panic in Europe over the diesel deal between Trump and Putin. According to him, Europe is behaving hypocritically (only now, or always?): "Europe is not holy - it bought much more liquefied natural gas from Russia than the diesel deal between Trump and Putin will ever bring." In addition, Rota warned that the end of the war in Ukraine could cause a new threat to Europe. "Right now the Russian threat is not directly on our border because many of these troops are deployed in Ukraine. But if it ends, then their huge army won't be standing there just to be a huge army," he said.