US President Donald Trump continued to criticize European countries that did not cooperate in the Iran war. In particular, he declared that he would stop all trade with Spain and expressed dissatisfaction with Britain again. Starting from the Iran war, relations between the US and these European countries are deteriorating to their worst.
According to Reuters and Financial Times (FT), President Trump announced on the 3rd (local time) that he would cut off all dealings as retaliation for Spain's refusal to allow the use of military bases for attacks on Iran.
During a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House that day, he told reporters, "I instructed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to cut off all dealings with Spain," and said "I will stop all trade with Spain." He added, "I have the right to block all business related to Spain," and "I can take any measures I want."
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President Trump, referring to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, said, "The person we are dealing with is not Winston Churchill." This means that while Churchill had a close relationship with the Prime Minister at the time during World War II, that is not the case now.
He also said, "I don't like Britain," and "It took several days to land (due to not allowing military base use) and I was very surprised." Earlier, President Trump expressed overt dissatisfaction with Britain, saying "I was very disappointed" and "There would never have been such a thing between the two countries."
Prime Minister Starmer, in a speech to the House of Commons the day before, criticized the US attempt at regime change in Iran through the removal of Khamenei, saying "I do not support regime change carried out from the air (through bombing)." In response, The Guardian interpreted it as "Prime Minister Starmer made the strongest criticism so far of President Trump's Iran-related measures."
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