The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has once again attacked Spain and its defense spending. During the presentation of the Peace Board for Gaza, held at the Davos Forum in Switzerland, the Republican president stated that, while the majority of NATO allies have increased their military output in recent months, Spain is lagging behind. “He wants to travel for free,” he noted during his speech.
On June 25, the 32 NATO allies signed an agreement to . The Government of Pedro Sánchez, which also signed the pact, was the only one that refused to commit to carrying out this item. However, and according to the Alliance’s calculations, Spain already exceeded the figure of 2% last year, an increase of more than one point compared to what it allocated a decade ago.
Sánchez’s resistance to assuming that commitment has provoked countless verbal attacks from the White House in the mouth of its main tenant. On October 22, Trump stated that Spain was not “a teammate”, in a press conference, Mark Rutte: “You can solve it easily,” he told the Dutch politician.
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