Spain's Sánchez stands firm on opposition to war in Iran despite Trump's trade threat

MADRID (AP) — Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez erstwhile again criticized the U.S. and Israel's subject actions successful Iran, lasting steadfast Wednesday against caller commercialized threats from Washington and informing that the Iran warfare risked “playing Russian roulette” with millions of lives.

President Donald Trump connected Tuesday threatened to extremity U.S. commercialized with Spain due to the fact that of Spain's refusal to let the U.S. to usage associated subject bases successful the state successful its attacks connected Iran.

“We are not going to beryllium complicit successful thing that is atrocious for the satellite and is besides contrary to our values ​​and interests, conscionable retired of fearfulness of reprisals from someone,” Sánchez said successful a televised address.

It's not wide however Trump would chopped disconnected commercialized with Spain, a European Union member. The EU negotiates commercialized connected behalf of each its 27 members.

Despite Spain’s refusal, Trump connected Tuesday said “we could usage their basal if we want,” referencing 2 subject bases successful confederate Spain that the U.S. and Spain share, but which stay nether Spanish command. “We could conscionable alert successful and usage it,” Trump said. “Nobody’s going to archer america not to usage it, but we don’t person to.”

Tuesday's threats from Washington were conscionable the latest lawsuit of the U.S. president wielding the menace of tariffs oregon commercialized embargoes arsenic punishment. The U.S. Supreme Court past period struck down Trump’s far-reaching planetary tariffs, saying exigency powers bash not let the president to unilaterally enforce sweeping tariffs.

However, Trump maintains that the tribunal allows him to alternatively enforce full-scale embargoes connected different nations of his choosing.

Spain’s presumption connected Iran struggle marks the latest flare-up successful its narration with the Trump administration. Spain was besides an outspoken professional of Israel’s warfare successful Gaza.

Sánchez has called the U.S. and Israeli attacks connected Iran an “unjustifiable” and “dangerous” subject intervention.

On Wednesday, the Spanish person besides referenced the Iraq warfare and its antagonistic consequences successful presumption of generating much jihadi extremism.

“In short, the presumption of the authorities of Spain tin beryllium summarized successful 4 words,” Sánchez said. “No to the war.”

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