President Donald Trump fumed about Spain's 'terrible' decision to refuse to raise NATO military spending and issued a threat to the nation.
'I think it's terrible,' Trump said, asked at his NATO conference whether he was satisfied with Spain's stance.
With Spain gaining notoriety as the lone holdout to the defense boost, Trump threatened to come down hard in trade talks after his tariffs rattled financial markets around the globe.
'And you know, they doing very well. The economy is very well, and that economy could be blown right out of the water with something bad happening,' he said, delivering a not-so-subtle warning.
Allied leaders have a greed to move toward a commitment for each nation to spend 5 percent of its Gross Domestic Product on military capabilities – amid heightened threats in Europe and around the world.
