US EditionTrump Just Threatened Spain With Tariffs Over Defense Spending, But The Real Number He's Demanding Is Insane
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The next U.S. ambassador to Spain Benjamin León Jr. assured this Thursday, October 23, that he will make Pedro Sánchez understand his "big mistake" for not complying with the commitment to devote 5% of GDP to defense. "I will work diligently with the government of Spain to make him understand that it is a serious mistake," said Benjamín León Jr. during the confirmation session in the Senate. Previously, the president of the Foreign Affairs Commi…
Benjamín León Jr. commits in his Senate hearing to "work diligently" with the Spanish government to ensure that spending is equal to that of other allies Read
The proposed US president, Donald Trump, as ambassador to Spain, Benjamin León, has assured this Thursday that he will work with the Spanish government to make him understand that failing to meet the NATO target of spending in defense of 5% is "a big mistake." "It is really worrying that, after Mr Pedro Sánchez committed himself to the meeting they had in France to reach 5%, now he claims that they will only reach 2%," said the Cuban-American bu…
Trump Just Threatened Spain With Tariffs Over Defense Spending, But The Real Number He's Demanding Is Insane
President Donald Trump recently warned Spain that he might hit the country with new tariffs unless it raises its defense spending to 5% of its GDP. This is part of Trump’s bigger effort to get NATO allies to keep their defense promises, and it’s been working pretty well in his second term. The threat to Spain is just the latest example of Trump putting pressure on NATO members to spend more on their own defense. Way back in 2006, NATO allies agr…
US President Donald Trump’s ambassador to Spain, Benjamin Leon, said Thursday that he will work to “revert” the “big mistake” of government president Pedro Sánchez to refuse to allocate five percent of GDP in military spending, despite what was agreed at the summit of leaders of the [...]
The ambassador appointed by the US president, Donald Trump, for Spain, Benjamin Leon, has assured this Thursday that he will work to "revert" the "big mistake" of the president of the government, Pedro Sánchez, of refusing to allocate 5% of GDP in military spending, despite what was agreed at the NATO leaders' summit at the end of June in the Dutch city of The Hague.Leon has said that "it is really worrying" that Sánchez "committed" along with t…
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