Trump Threatens to Halt Trade with Spain, Reiterates Interest in Acquiring Greenland

(Central News Agency, Ankara, July 8 - Compiled from foreign reports) U.S. President Trump today, during the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Turkey's capital Ankara, threatened to halt trade with Spain and reiterated his continued interest in acquiring Greenland.

According to Agence France-Presse, Trump (Donald Trump) met with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte before the main session of the summit. Trump told reporters, "I am very unhappy with NATO."

"I am unhappy with NATO's actions regarding Greenland, and unhappy that NATO is unwilling to help us deal with the number one state sponsor of terrorism, which is Iran."

Trump specifically named Spain, criticizing it as a "terrible partner in NATO."

He said, "Spain is beyond saving, we don't want any more trade with Spain," and asked U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to "terminate it."

Trump is concerned about European countries' responses to the U.S.-Iran conflict, and at the same time, he has not abandoned his interest in Greenland, an autonomous territory of NATO member Denmark.

Trump told reporters, "Greenland is a big problem for us," it is "very important to the United States, not important to Denmark," "we need it to protect the world, not just the United States... it's not helpful to Denmark, but it's useful to us."

NATO Secretary General Rutte emphasized that the United States and Denmark will adhere to agreements and discuss the possibility of the United States increasing its deployment on the Arctic island of Greenland. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen had earlier reiterated that Denmark's position remains clear: Greenland is "not for sale."

Washington's NATO allies hope to use this Ankara summit to demonstrate that they are fulfilling their commitments to increase defense spending.

Trump stated that U.S. spending in NATO is "disproportionate" to help protect Europe from Russian threats, and "we have been treated unfairly."

Regarding Trump's threat to completely halt trade due to disputes over defense spending and the Iran conflict, Spanish government sources stated today that Spain is responding with a "calm and normal" attitude.

Sources said, "Our country maintains excellent relations with the United States in social, cultural, and economic fields, and we have no intention of changing that." (Compiled by Yang Zhaoyan) 0708

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