{"id":2451954,"date":"2025-06-25T15:40:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T19:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-sends-serious-threat-to-the-only-country-that-wont-increase-nato-spending\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T15:42:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T19:42:00","slug":"trump-sends-serious-threat-to-the-only-country-that-wont-increase-nato-spending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-sends-serious-threat-to-the-only-country-that-wont-increase-nato-spending\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Sends &#8216;Serious&#8217; Threat to &#8216;the Only Country&#8217; That Won&#8217;t Increase NATO Spending"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-sends-serious-threat-to-the-only-country-that-wont-increase-nato-spending%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2451954&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent NATO summit, President Donald Trump expressed his anger towards Spain for negotiating a deal that allows the country to maintain its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of ... ...\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">defense spending<\/a> at 2.1% of its GDP, instead of adhering to the agreed increase to 5% by 2035. Trump criticized Spain for being the only NATO member not meeting the 2% threshold, suggesting it was unfair given their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-education-secretary-confirmed-asks-america-to-reimagine-education\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Education Secretary Confirmed, Asks America To \u2018Reimagine Education\u2019\">economic success<\/a>. He indicated that the U.S. might negotiate a trade deal with spain to make them &#8220;pay twice as much.&#8221; Despite his frustration, he acknowledged his fondness for the country. At the summit, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte praised Trump for his efforts in promoting defense spending among NATO allies, calling him a &#8220;man of strength&#8221; and emphasizing the historical meaning of the agreement to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >raise defense budgets<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump lashed out at Spain on Wednesday for cutting a side deal with NATO that would allow it to avoid an increase in spending on defense.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, NATO leaders agreed to increase their spending on defense to 5 percent gross domestic product by 2035, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/06\/25\/trump-spain-nato-spending-target-tariff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, prior to the NATO summit taking place in the Netherlands, Spain made a deal to have its defense spending at 2.1 percent of its GDP.<\/p>\n<p>That infuriated Trump, who spent much of his first term as president pushing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bombshell-trump-just-blew-nato-apart-several-members-no-longer-have-us-protection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NATO members<\/a> to increase their NATO contributions to 2 percent of their GDP.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think Spain is terrible, what they&rsquo;ve done,&rdquo; Trump said in a video <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxNews\/status\/1937887141029204141\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted to X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING); 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\t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re the only country that won&rsquo;t pay the full up,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VmtoRk8RBO\">pic.twitter.com\/VmtoRk8RBO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/1937887141029204141?\">June 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They want to stay at 2 percent, and I think it&rsquo;s terrible,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And, you know, they&rsquo;re doing very well. The economy is very well. And that economy could be blown right out of the water with something bad happening,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>After learning the reporter speaking to Trump was from Spain, the president said, &ldquo;You&rsquo;re the only country that is not paying. I don&rsquo;t know what the problem is.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think, it&rsquo;s too bad,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-trajectory-popular-obama-point-presidency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> said. &ldquo;So we&rsquo;ll make it up. You know what we&rsquo;re going to do? We&rsquo;re negotiating with Spain on a trade deal. We&rsquo;re going to make them pay twice as much, and I&rsquo;m actually serious about it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to Axios, Trump later said, he would talk &ldquo;directly with Spain.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I do like Spain, by the way,&rdquo; Trump said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5368686-trump-spain-nato-defense-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>. &ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s unfair that they&rsquo;re not paying.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-nato-chief-refers-trump-daddy-summit-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NATO<\/a> summit ended, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte called Trump a &ldquo;man of strength&rdquo; and a &ldquo;man of peace,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/nato-leader-praises-trump-decisive-action-iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I just want to recognize your decisive action on Iran,&rdquo; Rutte said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You are a man of strength, but you are also a man of peace. And the fact that you are now also successful in getting this ceasefire done between Israel and Iran &mdash; I really want to commend you for that. I think this is important for the whole world.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rutte said, getting NATO nations to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hegseth-warns-chinas-move-may-be-imminent-theres-no-reason-to-sugar-coat-it\/\" title=\"Hegseth Warns China&#039;s Move May Be Imminent: &#039;There&#039;s No Reason to Sugar Coat It&#039;\">spend 5 percent<\/a> of GDP on defense was a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-ambassador-to-nato-says-allies-recognize-countrys-capabilities-against-iran\/\" title=\"US ambassador to ... says allies recognize country\u2019s \u2018capabilities\u2019 against Iran\">big success&#038;rdquo<\/a>; and something &ldquo;no American president in decades could get done.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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During the NATO summit, leaders agreed to raise their defense expenditures to 5 percent of GDP by 2035, as reported by Axios. However, before the summit in the Netherlands, Spain secured a deal to maintain its defense spending at 2.1 percent of GDP. This angered Trump, who had previously urged NATO members to contribute at least 2 percent of their GDP towards defense during his presidency. &#8220;I think Spain is terrible for what they&#8217;ve done,&#8221; Trump stated in a video shared on X. He added that Spain is &#8220;the only country that won&#8217;t pay the full amount&#8221; and expressed disappointment over their decision to remain at 2 percent despite having a strong economy. After realizing he was speaking with a Spanish reporter, he remarked on Spain&#8217;s lack of contribution and mentioned ongoing trade negotiations aimed at making them pay more. Following the summit&#8217;s conclusion, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte praised Trump&#8217;s leadership and noted his success in achieving increased defense spending commitments from member nations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2451955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Donald-Trump-18.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[39550,50459,4104,3634],"class_list":["post-2451954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-defense-spending","tag-nato-2","tag-threat","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Donald-Trump-18.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2451954"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2451958,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451954\/revisions\/2451958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2451955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2451954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2451954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2451954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}