Donald Trump speaks at the White home in Washington, D.C., March 3, 2026. © Getty Images; Win McNamee
President Donald Trump announced that the United States would suspend any trade with Spain due to Madrid's decision to refuse the usage of US common military bases for the attack on Iran. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez condemned Trump's "unwarned and dangerous" intervention against Iran.
Speaking at the White home on Tuesday, Trump said that “We intend to break all trade with Spain" and that “I want nothing to do” with this Mediterranean country.
Trump besides gave the date of entry into force of his alleged trade embargo.
On Monday, Spanish abroad Minister Jose Manuel Albares stated that his government would not let the U.S. to usage the Rota naval base or Moron air base, both of which belong to the Spanish and American forces, in the ongoing war with Iran.
Albares said the bases weren't utilized in Saturday's attacks on Iran, ‘Neither will be used’ throughout the conflict.
“Spain has indeed said that we cannot usage their bases and that is fine” – told Trump journalists, after which he stated that he could simply ignore the ban if he wanted.
“We can usage their bases if we want” – he said.
“We can just fly in and usage them, no 1 will forbid us.”
Both bases were intensively utilized by US transport and hunting aircraft during the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan and the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Moron Air Base served as the main tanker base during NATO's 2011 bombing of Libya.
On Monday, more than a twelve tankers sailed from Rota and Moron after Spain declared ban.
The conflict with Iran exposed divisions among European allies of the United States.
Sanchez is the only EU leader to openly condemn the US's attacks on Iran – stating "Operation Epic Fury" as "unreasonable and dangerous military intervention going beyond global law".
However, the United Kingdom initially denied the United States access to its military bases until Prime Minister Keir Starmer changed his head on Sunday and signed approval to usage these bases to "limited defensive attacksh’ on Iranian rocket infrastructure.
France and Germany besides stated that they were "open to enabling essential and proportionate defence actions" against Iran.
The most pro-American EU members went further and the Lithuanian advisor to president Asta Skaisgirite stated that his country would join the operation if Trump asked for it.
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/633671-trump-cut-trade-spain/
