The coffee spill happened just in front of a row of turnstiles, and staff members at the Netherlands parliament stood by as it disappeared without a trace. Mark Rutte, their prime minister, was cleaning. And, from the looks of it, having a whale of a time. Mop in hand, watched by applauding staff, Rutte looked as enthused as he might have been if you'd told him he just won an election. But it turns out that the prime minister wasn't cleaning up anyone else's mess. The BBC said it was he who spilt the coffee. Take a look. Sometimes Prime Minister can do the job of a sweeper but not in our part of the world only Mark Rutte the Prime Minister of Netherlands can act as a sweeper I am impressed by his humbleness and that's why he is very popular in Dutch people pic.twitter.com/Kdjiue4r0i Hamid Mir (@HamidMirPAK) June 5, 2018 This is the same Mark Rutte who, in October, was photographed parking a bicycle outside...wait for it...the King's Palace. Our prime minister had a meeting with our king so he biked over and parked in front of the palace. pic.twitter.com/N5X4PXa5ku October 14, 2017 Surprised? Don't be. Rutte usually cycles to work. In fact, when he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year, he gifted him... yup, you guessed it. Photo: Twitter/@narendramodi Inputs from PTI<doc-sep>Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte inside the Dutch Parliament in The Hague Prime Minister of The Netherlands, Mark Rutte, is being praised on the Internet after a video clip of him cleaning up the parliament floor went viral on Tuesday. The clip shows the leader entering through the security gates of the Dutch parliament and accidentally dropping his coffee. But instead of having someone clean up the mess on the floor, he took the mop and did the job himself. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte dropped his coffee cup today in Parliament, then cleaned up the mess himself under loud cheers of the Parliament's cleaners. pic.twitter.com/hHhcP24YHQ — Cees Van Beek (@ceesvanbeek) June 4, 2018 True democracy, true leadership, no luxuriousness, no circle of sycophants and apple-polishers, no protocol, true public servant not ruler, simple & humble style of politics Dutch PM Rutte accidentally spilled his coffee and then did not hesitate to clean up the mess himself. pic.twitter.com/9MhkX7vAmI — Ameer Abbas (@ameerabbas84) June 5, 2018 You have to lead by example — venkat a iyer (@venkat_a_iyer) June 5, 2018 I would say he did what was expected of him, regardless of his function. — (@tthemistocleous) June 5, 2018 Honour is earned this way... A lesson for us, a lesson for our so called pro democratic politicians — Aamer Inam (@AamerInam) June 5, 2018 @realDonaldTrump Take a small slice of this humble pie Donald. #MarkRutte — Arturo Pardo (@elchivopardo) June 5, 2018 if they're recording, it's surely a PR. — Emir Tanrikulu (@Emir_Tanrikulu) June 4, 2018 it may be a publicity stunt, but I still will still pic.twitter.com/jXGf5c8GpV — Murat Turkson (@turks0n) June 4, 2018 Our prime minister had a meeting with our king so he biked over and parked in front of the palace. pic.twitter.com/N5X4PXa5ku — Robert Gaal (@robertgaal) October 14, 2017 In the clip, Mr Rutte is seen picking up up his coffee cup and then grabbing a mop from one of the staff members. With a big smile on his face, perhaps aware of the presence of cameras, he cleans up the floor without hesitating as staff cheers him on.In a longer version of the clip, he even gets a lesson in adjusting the mop to his height from employees - in case he spills his coffee again.The leader was applauded on Twitter for showing humility and most agreed that other leaders could take some cues from the 51-year-old.Though many remained skeptical and wondered if the gesture was just for the cameras.This, however, isn't the first time Mark Rutte has been commended for doing something not expected from the Prime Minister of one of the wealthiest nations in the world. Last year, for a meeting with the Dutch king, the leader ditched his car and opted to cycle to the palace instead. Bicycles are a common mode of transport in Netherlands but Internet was impressed to see a head of state commute on the humble bicycle.What do you think of Mark Rutte's gesture? Tell us in the comments below.Click for more trending news<doc-sep>However, some Dutch journalists noted that the images of Rutte cleaning up his coffee or riding his bike were not only symbols of humility — but also of the prime minister's media-savvy side. Ireen Oostveen, the NOS reporter who filmed the coffee spill, noted that Rutte “knows very well when the camera is rolling and when not.” When the camera is on, Oostveen said, Rutte will go “all the way.”<doc-sep>Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte (Image: Reuters) Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte won hearts of Twitter users by cleaning up a cup of coffee that he had accidentally spilled. Rutte did not wait for the cleaning staff and instead picked up the mop and started cleaning himself, amid appreciation and applause from onlookers. The video clip went viral on social media with people from around the world applauding him for his 'humility' and calling him a 'true role model'. Prime Minister of Netherlands, Mark Rutte has impressed people with his humility when he cleaned up his coffee spill. We have to learn from this view, Do not be ashamed of taking garbage Keep your's surrounding green and clean #cleanindia pic.twitter.com/sIl0S7fRRO — pankaj (@URs_panku) June 6, 2018 Here's a reaction posted by a Twitter user:<doc-sep>
Mark Rutte, the Prime Minister of Netherlands, recently went viral on social media for all the right reasons after a video of him cleaning up coffee he had dropped in the Dutch Parliament went viral recently. In the video, posted on Twitter by a Dutch diplomat, the PM can be seen picking up a coffee cup that he had accidentally dropped on the Parliament floor. Amid cheers from the cleaning staff, Rutte went on to take the mop from them and started cleaning up the spilt liquid. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte dropped his coffee cup today in Parliament, then cleaned up the mess himself under loud cheers of the Parliament's cleaners. pic.twitter.com/hHhcP24YHQ — Cees Van Beek 🇳🇱 ‏ (@ceesvanbeek) June 4, 2018 The video of the humble gesture instantly went viral on social media, with many commenting on the humility of the PM. Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte spills his coffee, takes mop from cleaner to wipe it up himself. Imagine all politicians were this humble/good humored https://t.co/bnRWkNBFCL also, @MinPres needs a manbag #DenHaag — anna holligan 🎙 (@annaholligan) June 4, 2018 This is Dutch Prime Minister, dropped his coffee... You can see what he did after that.. If our PM had dropped coffee, he would have walked away like a Mian Saab.... Badshah Salamat tou Buccha car kay neechay maar Kay chalay gaye, ruke nahi pic.twitter.com/U5XFc6IKLW — JB (@badnocs) June 4, 2018 Dutch PM #MarkRutte accidentally dropped his coffee but instead of waiting for help went ahead and swept the floor himself to clean the mess! Will the self entitled and arrogant politicians learn some humility from this? pic.twitter.com/EKODRyXqk9 — Mona kanwal (@monakaran) June 5, 2018 Dutch Prime Minister, drops his coffee, professionally wipes mess does not miss a corner.. What they say about men and House work is totally true? @markrutte pic.twitter.com/vMKuNoAmWa — Muna AbuSulayman منى (@abusulayman) June 5, 2018 Sometimes Prime Minister can do the job of a sweeper but not in our part of the world only Mark Rutte the Prime Minister of Netherlands can act as a sweeper I am impressed by his humbleness and that's why he is very popular in Dutch people pic.twitter.com/Kdjiue4r0i — Hamid Mir (@HamidMirPAK) June 5, 2018 This is Dutch Prime Minister, dropped his coffee... And see his reactions.... Wish our worthy Indian politicians could see this & act instead of doing photo op's for PM's Swatch Bharat. 😎 pic.twitter.com/yw14GbzBJc — NammaNaMo19 (@NetHindu1) June 5, 2018 Amid the frenzied praise, however, one Twitterati made a sobering observation.