00:01Donald Trump says he wants to cut off all trade with Spain, calling the country a terrible ally.
00:09Comments came during a meeting at the White House on Tuesday with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
00:15President Donald Trump made clear he was not happy at Spain for refusing to increase its NATO defense spending from
00:222 to 5% of GDP,
00:24saying Madrid is not doing enough to meet alliance expectations.
00:30He also pointed to a recent ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States,
00:35arguing it gives him broad authority to impose tariffs and potentially an embargo on Spain.
00:41I could tomorrow stop, or today even better, stop everything having to do with Spain,
00:47all business having to do with Spain, have the right to stop it.
00:51The president further criticized Spanish Prime Minister Pedro SĂĄnchez for refusing to allow U.S. aircraft
00:58to use Spanish bases for potential strikes on Iran.
01:03Trump also defended U.S.-Israeli military action on Iran, claiming the strikes had knocked out much of the country's naval
01:11and air capabilities.
01:13He insisted the United States acted preemptively and denied that Israel pressured him into launching the attack.
01:22GLENN POWERS
01:23The President of the United Statesĺ´ come to 47,
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