Trump Suggests Tossing Spain Out of NATO as a Bottom Spender
Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sanchez speaks to the press during the NATO summit in The Hague on June 25.
Photographer: Pierre Crom/Getty ImagesUS President Donald Trump floated the idea that Spain could be removed from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in his latest swipe against a chronic under-spender on defense.
“Spain — you have to call them and find, why are they a laggard?” Trump said as he spoke with Finnish President Alexander Stubb on Thursday in the Oval Office. “And they’re doing well too, you know. Because of a lot of the things we’ve done, they’re doing fine. They have no excuse not to do this. But that’s all right.”