Trump says he doesn't want anything to do with Spain: 'Cut off all trade'
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Source: CNBC
Trump says he doesnt want anything to do with Spain: Cut off all trade
PUBLISHED WED, JUL 8 2026 4:16 AM EDT UPDATED 24 MIN AGO
Elsa Ohlen
KEY POINTS
* President Trump slammed Spain for not contributing enough to NATO or spending enough on defense.
* It marks the latest development in Trumps row with Spain over its defense spending.
* Spain is a terrible partner in NATO. They dont participate. They dont pay. I dont want anything to do with Spain. Cut off all trade with Spain, Trump said at a press conference in Ankara, Turkey.
President Donald Trump has slammed Spain for not contributing enough to NATO, as he attended the defense alliance summit in Turkey.
Spain is a terrible partner in NATO. They dont participate. They dont pay. I dont want anything to do with Spain. Cut off all trade with Spain, please, including visits, he said at a press conference in Ankara with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
Dont even talk to them. Theyre hopeless, bad people, the president said. There are a couple of others, but in particular Spain, he added.
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Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/08/trump-spain-nato-trade-summit.html
-misanthroptimist
(2,118 posts)What a friggin' embarrassment this [Redacted] guy is.
Lonestarblue
(13,679 posts)LymphocyteLover
(10,485 posts)sdfernando
(6,147 posts)we will do just fine without US trade.
3Hotdogs
(15,812 posts)MyOwnPeace
(17,700 posts)McDonalds cutting of Spain - after all, the Orange is their #1 customer!
And why would they dare offend Dear Leader?
But Starbucks?
They dont make Diet Coke
sdfernando
(6,147 posts)burgers are way above "McDonald's" level, fries are so.much better too..m.and don't get me started on the coffee comparison to Starbucks!
OldBaldy1701E
(11,897 posts)We tend to think we are the 'be-all' and 'end-all' of the planet.
It is past time that the rest of the planet reminds us that we are part of a bigger picture, and that we are not as awesome as we think we are.
Not even close, actually.
eringer
(567 posts)It was quite remarkable and Spain rolled out the red carpet for our last real President, Joe Biden, who attended the conference.
Hugin
(38,138 posts)Basically, all of the NATO countries who dont speak English
Um, I mean, Murican.
Pathetic.
liberalgunwilltravel
(1,324 posts)¡Usted puede besarme el culo!
mahatmakanejeeves
(71,805 posts)GiqueCee
(5,214 posts)... more accustomed to people puckering up for his patootie! Unless, of course, they're even nastier dictators than he fancies himself to be, then he straps on his kneepads and smears Chapstick on his smackers for an extended makeout session.
muriel_volestrangler
(107,027 posts)https://www.nato.int/en/what-we-do/introduction-to-nato/defence-expenditures-and-natos-5-commitment
MadameButterfly
(4,331 posts)He's just upset that someone didn't roll over to make his idea of a deal, or they didn't feed his ego appropriately with praise and gifts.
Trueblue Texan
(4,740 posts)...more shit is about to hit the fan about the Epstein files. I'd bet on the latter. Always.
Delphinus
(12,575 posts)My first question (thought) was what did Spain do to hurt this man baby's feelings.
ashredux
(3,000 posts)ananda
(35,924 posts)Europe and other freee world nations
are not afraid of Trump.
Lovie777
(24,687 posts)cost of living is still on the rise. Healthcare is shot, now some companies/corporations regret firing and or laying off their employees.
2naSalit
(105,302 posts)wolfie001
(8,276 posts)Biophilic
(6,841 posts)Such bad people. They werent intimidated by trump.
3Hotdogs
(15,812 posts)twodogsbarking
(19,990 posts)Prairie Gates
(8,754 posts)Trump is finding out what it means to have exhausted one's leverage.
Other countries are doing the right thing and reducing dependence on the US to the least they can manage (the Canada model). This will, of course, hurt US business and workers above all, but Trump likes to bluster on the stage.
no_hypocrisy
(55,857 posts)sop
(20,055 posts)with all his bellicose insanity.
WSHazel
(973 posts)Between the EU and Russia. The EU should offer Russia a deal to end war. Conditional membership to the EU based on various free market and political reforms over the next 10 years. Ukraine gets immediate membership to EU.
The big carrot for Russia would be ending NATO. The EU + Canada would reconstitute as a new military alliance. Add Ukraine, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and South Korea.
Russia is in no condition to fight anyone, ever again. The economy is in shambles, the demographics are disastrous, and the military is spent. The Europeans would annihilate the Russian military if it came to that, and the Europeans have nukes. Putins own position in Russia is in jeopardy with how badly the war is going, but a conditional membership to the EU would probably protect him. He might take it.
duckworth969
(1,475 posts)But I like the way you think 👍🏻
WSHazel
(973 posts)Europeans can circle back to those later.
Putin needs an off ramp that does not look like a humiliating defeat. Trumps odiousness is that off ramp.
mdbl
(9,095 posts)Pres Dump always makes me wanna
Must be a symptom of TDS
dlk
(13,503 posts)Thank you GOP.
Botany
(78,393 posts)
NATO over Greenland and then blew up the cease fire with Iran in the war he started to distract from Epstein?
The United States and Spain traded roughly $47 billion in goods in 2025, with the U.S. running a trade surplus. The U.S. exported approximately $26 billion to Spain, while importing about $21 billion. The overall trade in goods and services between the two nations is valued at about $74.5 billion.
He is nucking futz.
KS Toronado
(24,315 posts)Dont even talk to them. Theyre hopeless, bad people, the president said. 
Joinfortmill
(22,020 posts)Doodley
(12,176 posts)Tim S
(378 posts)If I were them, I would have done it as soon as Trump started his flexing last year on his Liberation Day
Ray Bruns
(7,047 posts)Scrivener7
(60,472 posts)SidneyR
(260 posts)I hear they have great wine.
sdfernando
(6,147 posts)SamuelAdams
(450 posts)Even if we elect a reasonable Democrat in 2028, why would the world not worry we'll elect another Trump in 2032 or 2036? There is no reason for them to trust us anymore after we elected him twice.
iemanja
(57,847 posts)Justice matters.
(10,269 posts)getting endlessly insulted and humiliated by that childish pedophile?
Spain should start the ball rolling and gather with all the other nations in order to withdraw from that bullying idiot's perceived "kingdom of the world" and form a new adult alliance without him in it.
Call it the "ANTIFASCIST ALLIANCE" and adopt the same Charter with the same Article 5 in it.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(139,222 posts)Progressive dog
(7,654 posts)will dare say that his nastiness is unacceptable or even criticize him in any way.
How is it possible that any thinking person could continue to support this poor excuse for a human.