00:00The Trump administration threatened to cut off trade relations with Spain after the government of the very nation refused to
00:06increase its military spending to 5% of its GDP.
00:10The United States President said Tuesday he did not want anything to do with Spain as he questioned its level
00:17of participation in NATO.
00:19Trump accused Madrid of being the only NATO country that did not agree to increase its military budget
00:25and also criticized it for refusing land on its military bases for the attacks on Iran.
00:31The United States President described the Iberian nation's stance as unfriendly.
00:41Spanish Prime Minister Pere dos Anches affirmed on Wednesday that its government will not be complicit in a war that
00:49is not good for the world and is against Spain's interests and values.
00:53The statement was issued in response to United States President Donald Trump's threats to break trade relations with the Iberian
01:00nation if it did not lend its air bases for the attacks on Iran.
01:05In his response to Washington, Sanchez affirmed that Spain's position could be summarized in three words,
01:12not to war, a slogan used by large demonstrations in Spain against the United States invasion to Iraq in 2003.
01:20He also said that he has confidence in Spain's economic strength and insisted on the need to resolve the current
01:27conflict in the Middle East throughout diplomacy.
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