He diplomatic conflict between the US and Spain has taken a big step further with Donald Trump’s threats. The American president a Madrid as a result of the Spanish Government’s veto of the US using the Morón and Rota bases.
Pedro who doesn’t stop kicking. On the other side of the pond, the one who has now spoken is the Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, directly responsible for the US Economy and recipient of the ‘presidential order’ to cut ties with Spain.
Scott Bessent has been very clear in his support for Donald Trump and has charged against Spain, accusing the Sánchez Government of maintaining an “unacceptable” stance that puts “American lives at risk”.
The person in charge of the Treasury – equivalent to a Minister of Economy – has acknowledged in an interview in the CNBC what Trump’s ‘frustration’ ‘is justified’ and it has not closed the door to the embargo that the US president mentioned, despite it being an impossible extreme because Spain is a member of the EU.
“It was unacceptable over the weekend that the Spanish were so uncooperative and what we could do with our planes as we began to execute Operation ‘Epic Fury’,” Bessent noted.
For Trump’s ‘minister’, “anything that stops the US from carrying out this war as quickly and effectively as possible puts American lives at risk.” In case his thesis was not clear, he has even blurted out that “the Spanish are putting American lives in danger.”
It has been less clear about the almost impossible US trade embargo on Spain. From this he has limited himself to pointing out that It would be a “combined effort”, that would be justified because our country is a “terrible actor.”
A mirror of his leader, Scott Bessent, has been so frequently used by the North American president. “They have been the only NATO member that has not met the requirements and they are deliberately acting as opportunists, taking advantage of the United States and the rest of the members that have taken the step. “NATO has never been as strong as under President Trump, but the Spanish do not want to pay their own way.”
