{"id":2626519,"date":"2026-07-08T09:29:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T13:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-orders-scott-bessent-to-cut-off-all-trade-with-hostile-nato-member\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T09:29:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T13:29:52","slug":"trump-orders-scott-bessent-to-cut-off-all-trade-with-hostile-nato-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-orders-scott-bessent-to-cut-off-all-trade-with-hostile-nato-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Orders Scott Bessent to \u2018Cut Off All Trade&#8217; With &#8216;Hostile\u2019 NATO Member"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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-orders-scott-bessent-to-cut-off-all-trade-with-hostile-nato-member%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=2626519&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>President Donald Trump announced that the United States plans to cease all trade with Spain, criticizing SpainS involvement in NATO for not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/goldberg-advises-mamdani-to-ensure-people-pay-fair-share\/\" title=\"Goldberg advises Mamdani to ensure people pay &#039;fair share&#039;\">contributing fairly<\/a> and for hosting U.S. military bases that he claims spain obstructed during conflicts with Iran.Trump described Spain as a &#8220;wasted cause&#8221; and urged immediate termination of trade relations, including visits, asserting that Spain treats NATO&#8217;s Secretary General poorly and is uncooperative on defense issues. he predicted Spain would regret this move and emphasized that Spain benefits financially from U.S. cooperation. Despite Trump&#8217;s stance, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte acknowledged Spain&#8217;s recent progress in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-ukraine-crisis-is-a-wake-up-call-for-taiwan-and-japan\/\" title=\"The Ukraine Crisis Is A Wake-up Call For Taiwan And Japan\">increasing defense spending<\/a>, which rose from 1.4% to 2.1% of GDP between 2021 and 2025. The overall sentiment reflects tensions over defense contributions and trade, with some officials viewing these disputes as part of broader NATO-related challenges.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?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\" ?><html><body><\/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 on Wednesday said the United States will halt all trade with Spain.<\/p>\n<p>During the Iran conflict, Spain would not allow the U.S. to launch missions against Iran from its bases in Mor\u00f3n and Rota. Spain has also been a target of Trump\u2019s ire for lagging behind other NATO nations in terms of the money it spends on defense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpain is a wasted cause,\u201d Trump said in a video <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2074775059210654114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted to X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want to do any trade business with Spain anymore, by the way. I\u2019d like you to cut it out,\u201d Trump said, speaking to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpain is a terrible partner in NATO. They don\u2019t participate, they don\u2019t pay. I don\u2019t want anything to do with Spain.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/POTUS?\">@POTUS<\/a>: \u201cSpain is a wasted cause. We don\u2019t want to do any trade business with Spain anymore by the way\u2026 Spain is a terrible partner in NATO. They don\u2019t participate, they don\u2019t pay. I don\u2019t want anything to do with Spain.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3prqux6p54\">pic.twitter.com\/3prqux6p54<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2074775059210654114?\">July 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCut off all trade with Spain, including visits,\u201d Trump said. \u201cWe don\u2019t want anything to do\u2026 Watch them come <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-football-analogy-to-explain-democrats-election-cheating\/\" title=\"A Football Analogy to Explain Democrats&#039; Election Cheating\">running back<\/a>. They\u2019ll come running back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gesturing toward NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Trump said Spain treated him \u201cterribly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpain doesn\u2019t agree to anything and you shouldn\u2019t carry them,\u201d Trump said, noting Rutte and NATO may feel they have to protect Spain. \u201cBut we don\u2019t have to. We don\u2019t have to trade with them. I don\u2019t want to do any trade with them. No more trade with them. Alright? Immediately. Don\u2019t even talk to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re hopeless. Bad people,\u201d Trump said, adding that Spain was \u201chostile\u201d in their attitude towards paying the nation\u2019s fair  for the defense of Europe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s see how hostile they remain when they call up and they say, \u2018please, please we want to trade with you, sir, we want to trade with you sir.\u2019 They make so much money with us and we\u2019re going to see that they make a lot less,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/trump-says-he-ordered-cutting-off-all-trade-with-spain-2026-07-08\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>, as Trump spoke of cutting off trade with Spain, Bessent at one point replied, \u00a0\u201cYes, sir.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the news conference in Ankara, Rutte noted that Trump has pushed Spain along in the past, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/07\/08\/trump-spain-nato-trade-summit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou got Spain to pay 2 percent. They spent, they made a huge step in last year,\u201d he said, agreeing there were still \u201cissues we have to solve\u201d concerning Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Spain went from spending 1.4 percent of its GDP on defense in 2021 to spending 2.1 percent in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker has called the back-and-forth with Europe over <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >defense spending \u201cgrowing pains<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see these as just the challenges that we\u2019ve worked through before,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/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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