Trump threatens to end U.S. trade with Spain over NATO spending dispute
The U.S. president said he would stop trade with Spain as tensions rose over Madrid’s defence spending and its role in the Iran conflict.
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he would cut off all trade with Spain, escalating a dispute over the country’s NATO spending and its support for Washington during the Iran war. He made the remarks as he arrived for a NATO summit in Ankara.
Trump said Spain had not done enough on defence contributions and described the country as not worth doing business with, according to remarks reported from the summit. The comments added a trade threat to an already tense argument over alliance obligations.
The dispute comes as NATO members face renewed pressure over military budgets and burden-sharing. Spain has been among the countries drawn into that debate as the alliance weighs its response to the conflict involving Iran.
The latest comments followed earlier reporting that Trump had ordered trade with Spain to be halted, underscoring how the row has moved from alliance politics into economic pressure. NATO leaders were meeting in Ankara as the issue unfolded.
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