President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that Spain “came back all the way” and agreed to boost NATO payments after he ordered a U.S. trade embargo with the European country over its reluctance to contribute more to the organization.
The subject of Spain’s contributions and commitments to NATO — or lack thereof — has been a strong point of contention between President Trump and the administration of socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. The Spanish government has repeatedly refused to fulfill NATO’s five percent GDP in defense spending goal, affirming that its 2.1 percent spending goal is allegedly “enough” to comply with all of its commitments to the bloc.
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