Trump described Spain as “a wasted cause” and said he no longer wants the U.S. doing business with the country.
Referring to Spain as a “terrible partner in NATO,” Trump alleged “they don't participate, they don't pay.”
“We don't have to trade with them. I don't want to do any more trade with them. All right, take it immediately,” Trump added. “Don't even talk to them, they're hopeless, bad people.”
“Trump calls Spain a 'terrible partner’ because it accepts neither blackmail nor threats. Because we are a sovereign, democratic country that defends multilateralism and peace,” she said. “Terrible is to confuse diplomacy with thuggery.”
Relations between Washington and Madrid have become strained amid the fallout of the Iran war, after Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez emerged as one of Europe's most vocal critics of the U.S.-led military campaign.
Spain notably denied U.S. forces access to joint military bases for offensive operations against Iran and closed its airspace to American aircraft involved in the conflict.
A month later, an internal Pentagon email reportedly suggested various ways the Administration could punish NATO allies it believes let the U.S. down by not actively supporting operations in the Iran war, according to Reuters. The U.S. was said to be floating the idea of suspending Spain from the NATO alliance.
Trump later threatened to withdraw American troops from both Spain and Italy, arguing both countries had failed the U.S. by refusing to get actively involved in the Iran war.“
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte greets Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026. —SAUL LOEB––AFP/Getty ImagesDuring Wednesday's press conference, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, often referred to as the “Trump whisperer,” attempted to assure the President that Spain had made significant progress on defense spending.
But Trump appeared unconvinced.
The E.U.’s 27 nations negotiate trade as a bloc, which means that they respond to trade issues as a collective.
“We expect the U.S. to honour its commitments under that joint statement, as we have honoured ours,” he said, adding that the Commission “will always ensure that the interests of the European Union and all our member States are fully protected.”
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