The US president said Spain ‘has no excuse’ after criticising the country’s military spending

Donald Trump has reportedly suggested that Spain’s membership in the Nato alliance should be reconsidered due to its insufficient military spending.

The intervention follows an agreement in June where members of the US-backed security pact committed to significantly boosting their defence budgets to 5 per cent of gross domestic product. The move aligns with President Trump’s long-standing demand for European nations to contribute more substantially to their own defence.

But Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez said at the time that he would not commit to the 5 per cent target, calling it “incompatible with our welfare state and our world vision”.

  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.orgEnglish
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    15 hours ago

    The intervention follows an agreement in June where members of the US-backed security pact committed to significantly boosting their defence budgets to 5 per cent of gross domestic product.

    This makes it sound like it was some kind of done deal, but that’s not how I remember it; more like a suggestion, basically as it’s been until now only 2% more? please correct me if I remember wrong.

    Trump has been ranting and raving about this ever since 2016, making all sorts of weird demands, calling it debt etc.