Power Line's John Hinderaker reprints large portions of an interview of NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, conducted by Lulu Garcia-Navarro for the New York Times. It is clear she came to the interview with an agenda, with which Rutte would not cooperate.
She does her darnedest to get Rutte to criticize President Trump, and repeatedly fails. Navarro was merely posing what she knew were Times readers' preconceived notions to get Rutte's reactions thereto.
I give the Times credit for publishing a transcript of the interview, when it was clear Rutte didn't say what they wanted to hear. Hinderaker's frustrated conclusion: "At the Times, ignorance is invincible." Considering he got Rutte's responses from the Times' pages, I think he is being a little harsh.
