New Delhi, June 27 -- After attending the NATO Summit in The Hague this week, US President Donald Trump revelled in gushing praise from leaders - including being called "daddy" by alliance chief Mark Rutte.

Rutte drew attention - and jokes from Trump - after he invoked the word "daddy" while describing the US president's response to Israel and Iran's military conflict, The Hill reported.

"And then daddy has to sometimes use strong language to get [them to] stop," Rutte was quoted as saying with a laugh at Wednesday's summit. He was referring to Trump using the f-word to rebuke the Middle Eastern countries on Tuesday.

The US president had berated Israel and Iran over violations of a ceasefire, which later appeared to be holding. On Tues...