Trump’s Attacks on Spain Hand Struggling Sanchez Unlikely Boost

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, written off numerous times since taking office in 2018, is grabbing the political lifeline unwittingly thrown his way by Donald Trump.

The prime minister’s inner circle believes his opposition to the war in Iran — and to Trump — could put the government on a path toward an unlikely electoral recovery ahead of 2027, when the next general election is due.