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Trump Says Spain Will Pay More in Trade Deal After Refusal to Meet NATO Defense Spending Targets
- On June 25, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump said at the NATO summit in The Hague that Spain's refusal to meet the 5% defense spending target would result in a tougher trade deal.
- This followed Spain's declaration that spending 2% of GDP suffices to meet NATO commitments, while Trump demanded Spain increase spending and called their stance 'very terrible'.
- Trump announced that the U.S. is in talks with Spain regarding a trade agreement and cautioned that Spain would face doubled costs because it has not increased its defense spending.
- NATO leaders committed to increasing defense spending goals, with Secretary General Mark Rutte emphasizing the alliance's shared recognition of current threats, while President Trump reiterated his firm backing of Article 5.
- The dispute suggests challenges for NATO unity and U.S.-Spain trade relations, with Trump vowing to compel Spain to meet spending expectations despite possible obstacles.
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Trump Took the Stage, Ukraine Took a Back Seat: Inside the 2025 NATO Summit
On 24–25 June, NATO heads of state and government gathered in The Hague for their annual summit. Expectations ahead of the meeting centred on two major issues: a significant increase in defence spending and shaping the future of Ukraine and the Alliance. While the former saw major breakthroughs, the latter brought little progress for Kyiv. Record-Breaking Defence Spending It came as no real surprise when NATO leaders formally endorsed a substant…
US President Donald Trump said Spain was the only country that had tried to stop spending on defence, adding that he was confident Madrid would stick to the target of 5% of gross domestic product for this purpose, despite Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's view that 2.1% was enough.
Donald Trump spoke again this Friday about Spain, a few days after he returned from the NATO summit in The Hague (Netherlands) and threatened the Pedro Sánchez government with additional tariffs because of his opposition to the 5% defense spending target. Trump appeared after the U.S. Supreme Court granted him a formidable victory with a ruling limiting the ability of judges to block his executive agenda.The U.S. president reflected on the great…
‘I’m Actually Serious’: President Trump Informs NATO Nation Its ‘Free Ride’ Is Over * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Russell Bartlett
One of President Donald Trump’s key foreign policy positions has long been that other NATO member nations must begin to pay their fair share of the costs disproportionately carried by the US. While most of those countries have responded with their own promises to increase the share of their GDP they spend on defense, there’s been one notable holdout. And during this week’s NATO summit, Trump made it clear that Spain’s refusal to pony up extra mo…
'I'm Actually Serious': President Trump Informs NATO Nation Its 'Free Ride' Is Over
One of President Donald Trump's key foreign policy positions has long been that other NATO member nations must begin to pay their fair share of the costs disproportionately carried by the US. While most of those countries have responded with their own promises to increase the share of their GDP ...
Trump dice que hará pagar el doble a España por no aceptar invertir 5% en defensa - La Prensa Latina Media
(LPL/AFP) – El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, criticó este miércoles la negativa de España de invertir 5% de su PIB en defensa, tal y como establece la OTAN, y aseguró que negociará directamente con Madrid un acuerdo comercial y que hará pagar al país el doble para compensar esa situación. “Voy a negociar […]
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