US EditionTrump 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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Spain’s leader sticks by decision to break with NATO on spending despite Trump tariff threats - The Boston Globe
President Trump criticized Spain, saying the country wanted “a little bit of a free ride,” and that it would “have to pay it back to us on trade” through higher tariffs.
Donald Trump overthrew Spain with massive threats. After the NATO summit, he said: "The economy could be lifted out of the way by something bad.
Madrid. Faced with the refusal of the president of the Spanish government, the socialist Pedro Sánchez, to increase defense spending beyond 2.1 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) and not to reach up to 5 percent like the rest of the countries of NATO, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, threatened Madrid with a new trade war, using his usual coercion: tariffs.
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The LocalTrump threatens to double tariffs on Spain amid Nato spending clash
Following the Nato summit, US President Donald Trump has threatened to double tariffs on Spain after Madrid's refusal to commit to paying 5 percent of GDP on defence spending, promising that "we are going to make them pay twice as much".
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