Base Cannot Be Used, Trump Threatens Spain

US President Donald Trump has threatened to halt all trade with Spain. The threat follows Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s decision not to allow Uncle Sam to use a jointly operated military base in Spain for operations against Iran. The US, alongside the Zionist-Israeli occupier, began its aggression against Iran on Saturday, 28 February 2026, a development that has escalated into open fighting reaching several countries in the Middle East. ‘We (the US) will halt all trade with Spain,’ Trump told reporters during a question-and-answer session with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House, Washington, DC, as quoted by Anadolu Agency on Wednesday, 4 March 2026. Trump stressed that Madrid’s refusal to permit the use of the joint US military base in Spain constitutes defiance of the two countries’ cooperation. Consequently, he warned that the US feels entitled to also sever trade relations with Spain. ‘We do not want to have relations with Spain,’ he said. The Spanish government has condemned the Zionist-US aggression against Iran from the outset, saying the attack violates international law, damages peace in the region, and threatens a major global war.