Donald Trump: 'Maybe we should expel Spain from Nato' | Sur in English

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : According to these estimates, Spain would reach 2% of GDP in military spending well before 2029, which was the date initially planned by the government.
53% : In August this year, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization announced that Spain would reach 2% of spending this year, which was the amount agreed in a 2014 deal.
50% : Trump, it seems, does not let Spain off the hook so easily.
50% : We had one laggard: it was Spain," Trump said on Thursday during a meeting with Finland President Alexander Stubb.
50% : For this reason, Trump believes that Spain should be kept accountable and explain why the government is "being a laggard".
50% : During the alliance summit in the Hague in June, Sánchez had already expressed Spain's position and reluctance to raise defence spending from 2% to 5% of GDP, as Trump had demanded that all Nato members do.

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