US President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to sever all trade with Spain after it refused to let US planes use its bases to attack Iran, while also lashing out at Britain for not cooperating more.
Spain’s left-wing government led by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, one of Europe’s most defiant leaders against Trump, has said that bases long used by US forces could only be allowed for activities consistent with the United Nations Charter.
“Spain has been terrible,” Trump told reporters as he met German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House.
He also pointed to Sanchez’s refusal to join NATO allies in a pledge to boost defense spending to five percent of GDP, a level pushed by Trump who says the United States bears too much of a burden.
