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Spain, Trump and Defense Spending

Trump threatens tough trade deal for Spain after it refuses to meet NATO defense spending target

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said it was "terrible" that Spain wouldn't commit to meeting NATO's 5% defense spending target by 2035. "We're negotiating with Spain on a trade deal and we're going to make them pay twice as much — and I'm actually serious about that,

Fox Business on MSN · 7h

Trump warns Spain: Pay up for defense or pay 'twice as much' in trade negotiations

President Donald Trump slams Spain as NATO's "only country that won't pay up" to the 5% defense spending target, warning of trade repercussions while the alliance pushes for increased military funding.

The New York Times · 5h

Trump Threatens Spain With Tough Trade Deal Over Defense Spending

President Trump laid into Spain during the NATO summit at The Hague on Wednesday, after it broke ranks with the other member states and declined to increase its military spending to 5 percent of its economic output over a decade.

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NATO's United Front Tested As Trump Hammers Spain

Trump deemed the summit in The Hague this week a resounding success, while taking aim at Spain's refusal to commit to dramatic spending increases for defense.

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NATO leaders agree to hike military spending and restate ‘ironclad commitment’ to collective defense

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — NATO leaders agreed on a massive hike in defense spending Wednesday after pressure from U.S.

Mushy Wording Lets NATO Commit to Trump’s Military Spending Demand

President Trump has pressed allies to spend more on defense. Leaders agreed that “allies” — but not “all allies” — would meet ...

Protesters Reject NATO’s Call to Vastly Boost Military Spending

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called NATO’s 5 percent target “unreasonable” and said Spain would hold its military ...

NATO Offers to Tweak 5% Spending Goal to Win Spanish Approval

NATO has offered to tweak key language on ambitious defense spending targets to help win support from holdout Spain, before ...

Trump embraces NATO security alliance after years of attacks

It’s not a rip-off,” Trump said of NATO after its 32 nations agreed to more than double their defense spending targets, which has been a sore spot for the U.S. president.

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