President Trump tells US officials to cut off all trade with Spain over NATO

 U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered an immediate halt to all trade with NATO ally Spain,  over what he called a lack of contributions to defense spending. Spain is a wasted cause. We dont want to do any trade business with Spain anymore by the way, Trump said, sitting alongside NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte at the groups summit in Ankara, Turkey.Spain is a terrible partner in NATO. They dont participate. They dont pay, the president continued. I dont want anything to do with Spain. Cut off all trade with Spain, please, including visits, he said.   Watch them come running back. Oh theyll come running back, he added. Trump also accused Madrid of treating Rutte terribly, telling the NATO chief he shouldnt carry Spain.I mean, you sort automatically carry [Spain] because youre protecting an area, the president said. So they probably figured they have to protect us, right?According to Reuters, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Snchezs office said it was treating Trumps comments as business as usual and that it did not intend to change what it called Spains excellent trade relations with the U.S. Trump has repeatedly hammered NATO member countries over their defense spending, pressing each member to meet a spending goal of 5 percent of its total gross domestic product (GDP). The alliance has agreed to meet a 3.5 percent mark by 2035. Only five out of NATOs 32 total member countries are projected to hit that goal by this year. Trump has also been critical of NATO member countries, particularly Spain, over their response to the U.S. war in Iran, arguing they have not done enough to assist the U.S. in its efforts. Has anybody looked at how badly the country of Spain is doing, Trump said in a Truth Social post in April. Their financial numbers, despite contributing almost nothing to NATO and their military defense, are absolutely horrendous. Sad to watch!!!  The post President Trump tells US officials to cut off all trade with Spain over NATO appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.