Trump Threatens to Stop Trade With Spain, Calls It a ‘Wasted Cause’

President Donald Trump threatened to end trade with Spain for refusing to commit to the NATO's new defense spending target.

Sandra RhodesJul 8, 20262 min read

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Trump also said Spain would eventually want Trade with the United States again.

"They're hostile about it, and let's see how hostile they remain when they call up and they, 'Please, please, we want to Trade with you, sir,'" Trump said. "They make so much money with us, and we're going to see that they make a lot less. I want no business with them."

Trump has criticized NATO allies that spend less on defense.

Throughout both of his times in the Oval Office, Trump has argued countries that do not meet alliance spending commitments unfairly rely on the United States for their security.

Any effort to significantly restrict Trade with Spain, could have legal and diplomatic hurdles.

Spain is a member of the European Union, which negotiates Trade policy as a customs union rather than through separate bilateral Trade agreements with individual member states.