Trump suggests throwing ‘laggard’ Spain out of NATO
(www.independent.co.uk)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 10 Oct 2025 12:27
https://lemmy.world/post/37153575
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 10 Oct 2025 12:27
https://lemmy.world/post/37153575
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”.
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More likely to be the US thrown out at the moment. They’re not living up to their obligations in respect to not standing behind the other members.
Or just blatantly threatening other members states.
Canada here. Hi.
Why does the guy who want to leave NATO care about who remains a member of NATO?
Dude needs to look at a fucking map; the straight of Gibraltar is an important choke point and that little sliver of it the Brits control isn’t as good as having Spain included in your alliance.
You mistake is thinking Trump knows how to read a map.
Of course he can read a map. That’s how he knows how to correct inconvenient data with a Sharpie.
That’s also how he knows where his friend Epstein lived
And perhaps Spain might like to reconsider USAs use of NATO bases in Spain, Rota and Marion for example.
if you listen closely, you can hear all the US military advisors and generals clench their teeth
Maybe we should throw America out, considering the amount of money we all spent defending them after 9/11 means they’re a debtor not a creditor.
More like a liability
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.
May I suggest that he unrape the children he raped?