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Trump threatens to cut off all US trade with Spain over refusal to use military bases in Iran war

President Trump threatened a full trade embargo on Spain after Madrid denied U.S. military base use for Iran strikes and failed to meet NATO spending targets, despite $47 billion in trade.

  • President Donald Trump threatened to cut off all U.S. trade with Spain after Spain refused to allow U.S. military use of its bases for attacks on Iran.
  • Trump criticized Spain for being an unfriendly and terrible ally and for not meeting NATO's 2% or 5% GDP defense spending targets.
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The Spanish government forbids the US from using military bases. US President Trump threatens to stop trading.

·Zürich, Switzerland
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Spain has joined Donald Trump’s “black” list. The US president held a meeting in the Oval Office with the German Chancellor, during which he addressed the spending commitments of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and made clear his concern about the level of investment in defense of the Spanish Government: “All European countries, at my request, paid 5%, as they should be doing. And everyone was excited, Germany, everyone. And Spain …

·Los Angeles, United States
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Trump threatened to cut off bilateral trade after Madrid did not allow military bases on Spanish soil to attack the Islamic Republic.

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20minutos broke the news in Madrid, Spain on Tuesday, March 3, 2026.
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