Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has announced his nation will NOT go along with President Trump’s demands that members increase defense spending to 5 percent of the GDP. Spain has called the demand “unreasonable.” Trump has countered with threats of tariffs should Spain fail to comply.
Spanish Socialist Prime Minister Sánchez Rejects Trump’s Demands That NATO Countries Spend 5% of GDP on Defense, Throws Summit Plans Into Disarray | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com Source Link Excerpt:
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
It’s been a rough ride for failing Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
Mired by repeated corruption scandals in his Socialist party, Sánchez had to apologize to citizens for the alleged criminal activity inside his government, all the while trying not to call for early elections.
But one would think he doesn’t have enough problems yet, since now the Spaniard has thrown a spanner in the works of the next NATO summit.
“Spain has rejected Donald Trump’s ‘unreasonable’ demand that Nato members increase defense spending, throwing plans for a summit of alliance leaders into disarray.
Next week’s meeting in the Hague has been carefully designed to convince the US president to continue supporting Europe’s defense. However, the refusal by Pedro Sánchez, the prime minister of Spain, to commit to a new defense spending target of 5 per cent of GDP has jeopardized the carefully choreographed diplomacy.”
The Spanish decision is a blow to NATO’s Mark Rutte.
