Fox News host Jesse Watters has joined a growing list of right-wing pundits and politicians in deeming President Donald Trump “Daddy,” dropping the cringey nickname while griping about Europe’s resistance to handing the autonomous Danish territory of Greenland over to the U.S.
On Wednesday’s installment of Fox News’ “The Five,” Watters suggested NATO should bend to Trump’s will and allow him to take control of Greenland.
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“NATO called Trump ‘Daddy.’ Why won’t they give Daddy what he wants?” he asked.
Watters was specifically alluding to NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, who last year referred to Trump as “Daddy” while in conversation with the president during the NATO Summit in The Hague, Netherlands.
Rutte, of course, was not the first person to use the term. Republican Reps. Lauren Boebert of Colorado and Byron Donalds of Florida also embraced it on social media and in public appearances around the time Trump was sworn in for a second term last year, while actor Mel Gibson ― an outspoken conservative ― followed suit shortly thereafter.
Watch a clip of Watters discussing Trump’s Greenland takeover talk on Fox News’ “The Five” below.