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American Focus > Blog > Politics > Spanish Socialist Prime Minister Sánchez Rejects Trump’s Demands That NATO Countries Spend 5% of GDP on Defense, Throws Summit Plans Into Disarray |
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Spanish Socialist Prime Minister Sánchez Rejects Trump’s Demands That NATO Countries Spend 5% of GDP on Defense, Throws Summit Plans Into Disarray |

Last updated: June 19, 2025 10:15 pm
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.

It’s been quite the tumultuous journey for the beleaguered Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. Caught in a web of corruption scandals plaguing his Socialist party, Sánchez has found himself apologizing to the public over alleged wrongdoing within his administration, all while avoiding any talk of early elections.

However, as if he didn’t already have enough on his plate, Sánchez has now complicated matters ahead of the upcoming NATO summit.

The Telegraph reported:

“Spain has turned down Donald Trump’s ‘unreasonable’ request for NATO members to ramp up defense spending, throwing the plans for an alliance leaders’ summit into chaos.”

“The meeting scheduled for next week in The Hague was meticulously arranged to persuade the U.S. president to maintain support for Europe’s defense. Nonetheless, Pedro Sánchez’s refusal to agree to a new defense spending target of 5 percent of GDP has jeopardized this carefully orchestrated diplomatic effort.”


The Spanish decision is a blow to NATO’s Mark Rutte.

Trump has hinted at the possibility of withdrawing U.S. protection from allies that fail to meet the new spending target, while Sánchez is asking for Spain to be excluded from any such obligations.

“The correspondence from Europe’s most influential leftist leader is a setback for NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and could potentially empower other member nations wary of committing to the 5 percent target.”

| No paran los gritos a Sánchez: «¡Pedro Sánchez, hijo de puta!» pic.twitter.com/ndjdEQSPEC

— ʜᴇʀQʟᴇs (@herqles_es) May 29, 2025

The left-leaning leader argues that such a spending target would necessitate tax hikes on the middle class and cuts to what he terms ‘Net Zero’ spending.

In 2024, Spain allocated a mere 1.28 percent of its GDP to defense.

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BREAKING: @POTUS Trump Announces That IF @NATO COUNTRIES REFUSE TO SPEND 2% OF GDP ON DEFENSE, THE U.S. WILL NOT DEFEND THEM!
The U.S. Spends Around 3.4% Or More, Poland Leads At 4.1%…
But Some Countries Like Spain & Canada Spend Below 1.5%. pic.twitter.com/lkSW0NB39H

— John Basham (@JohnBasham) March 6, 2025

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Spanish Socialist PM Pedro Sánchez APOLOGIZES for the Multiple Corruption Scandals in His Government, but Refuses To Call for Early Elections

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