Rumors are circulating online that NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has said he will kick the U.S. out of the alliance due to President-elect Donald Trump's plan to end the war in Ukraine.

The quote was also widely viewed on Russian Telegram channels. NATO Sec. Gen. Mark Rutte did not say NATO would expel the U.S. if Trump “surrenders Ukraine to Putin.” The viral quote is fake.

Mark Rutte takes the helm at NATO on October 1, after more than a dozen years as Dutch prime minister. He'll need all his ...

Dutch former prime minister Mark ... Rutte -- who only pushed the Netherlands to the target in his last year in office -- ...