THE Donald Trump After the NATO summit he stressed that he wants to do the Spain To “pay” financially for her reluctance to increase defense spending.
As Donald Trump pointed out Spain “is the only country refusing to reach 5% of GDP for security costs by 2035“And he described it”awful».
At the same time he warned that The Spanish economy “could be completely destroyed. You know, we will negotiate a trade agreement with Spain. We will make them pay for double »he said, as the European Union is negotiating with the US for a duty avoidance agreement.
NATO Member States today pledged (25/06/2025) to invest 5% of their GDP in Security in the 2035 horizon.
The goal will be difficult to achieve, many European leaders warned, such as Spain, which considers the increase in defense spending “irrational”.
«Spain will achieve new goals agreedbut considers its current defense expenditure, 2% of the country’s GDP, sufficient, realistic and compatible with the welfare state“, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said at the end of the summit.
Sanchez demanded last week to exclude Spain from NATO’s demand for defense spending at 5%, a request by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte publicly rejected.