Here’s how Trump should retaliate against Spain
Posted By: sunset, 4/2/2026 1:41:13 PM
When Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez forbade U.S. forces from using Spanish bases to support the war in Iran and then banned U.S. military overflights, President Donald Trump was furious, but Sanchez stood firm. “We are not going to be complicit in something that is bad for the world,” Sánchez declared in a Mar. 4 televised address. Trump called the decision “terrible” and “uncooperative,” and responded, “We’re going to cut off all trade with Spain. We don’t want anything to do with Spain.” Trump’s anger is legitimate, As Sanchez battles a corruption investigation, he seeks to pick a fight with Trump to rally his own socialist base.
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When Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez forbade U.S. forces from using Spanish bases to support the war in Iran and then banned U.S. military overflights, President Donald Trump was furious, but Sanchez stood firm.
“We are not going to be complicit in something that is bad for the world,” Sánchez declared in a Mar. 4 televised address. Trump called the decision “terrible” and “uncooperative,” and responded, “We’re going to cut off all trade with Spain. We don’t want anything to do with Spain.” Trump’s anger is legitimate, As Sanchez battles a corruption investigation, he seeks to pick a fight with Trump to rally his own socialist base.
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The French Navy will send eight frigates and two amphibious assault ships to the Eastern Mediterranean and Red Sea, joining aircraft carrier FS Charles De Gaulle (R91), following an Iranian drone attack on a Cyprus-based joint operating installation. “While the crisis in Iran – the war in Iran – is affecting the entire region, it is important for me to come here alongside you, along with the Prime Minister of Greece, to tell you that when Cyprus is attacked, it is Europe that is attacked, and that the defense of Cyprus is obviously a crucial issue for your country, (snip) but also for France and, with it, the European Union,”
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Sanchez embraces Hamas and has been selling military technology and equipment to Tehran for the IRGC drone program. Spain is pushing to be designated a state sponsor of terrorism. Trump could grant recognition of the Basque territory of Euskadi, and the Independent Catalan Republic, giving them embassies in the US.