Trump claims he wants to end all trade with Spain over NATO dues: ‘Wasted cause’
Watch them, watch them come running back, all they’ll come running back.”Advertisement The president blasted Spain as a “terrible partner” for rejecting the 5% GDP commitment negotiated during last year’s NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands. Spain, however, resisted the increase from 2% of each nation’s GDP during the summit last year.“We don’t have to trade with them,” Trump said on Wednesday, the final day of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey. “I don’t want to do any more trade with them, alright?In recent weeks, Trump has repeatedly expressed that he was “disappointed with NATO” for not meeting defense dues and the unwillingness of its members to help with Iran.
- ▪Watch them, watch them come running back, all they’ll come running back.”Advertisement The president blasted Spain as a “terrible partner” for rejecting the 5% GDP commitment negotiated during last year’s NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlan
- ▪Spain, however, resisted the increase from 2% of each nation’s GDP during the summit last year.“We don’t have to trade with them,” Trump said on Wednesday, the final day of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey.
- ▪“I don’t want to do any more trade with them, alright?In recent weeks, Trump has repeatedly expressed that he was “disappointed with NATO” for not meeting defense dues and the unwillingness of its members to help with Iran.
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President Donald Trump excoriated Spain for refusing to meet NATO’s requirement that member nations spend at least 5% of their gross domestic product on defense and threatened to break off all trade with the country.“Spain is a wasted cause,” Trump said on Wednesday during a press conference with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. “We don’t want to do any trade business with Spain anymore.” Recommended Stories Michael Cohen says he reconciled with Trump after yearslong feud Trump welcomed with pomp and pageantry by Turkey’s Erdogan at NATO Trump signals disappointment with NATO while touting relationship with Turkey “Cut off all trade with Spain, please, including visits,” Trump also said. “OK, we don’t want anything to do.
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