“I told Scott [Bessent] to cut off all dealings with Spain,” said Trump. “First of all, it all started when every European nation, at my request, paid 5% [of GDP to NATO], which is what they should be doing. And everybody was enthusiastic about it — Germany, everybody — and Spain didn’t do it.”

Spain is a member of the European Union, a 27-country bloc that operates a common trade policy, so any attempt to single out Madrid would create friction with other member states, like Germany, France and Italy.

Donald Trump is attacking Spain over the country’s refusal to let the U.S. use its air bases to bomb Iran. “Spain has been terrible. In fact, I told [Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent] to cut off all dealings with Spain,

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