Spain’s Economy Is Booming, But Voters Don’t Seem to Care

Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, in New York on Sept. 24

Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

Pedro Sanchez and his team were sat on their government jet waiting for take off when Donald Trump let rip.

After two days of talks with NATO leaders in the Hague, the Spanish prime minister was the only holdout rejecting US demands to ramp up defense spending and Trump was threatening retribution.