Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez, who has a good relationship with China, suddenly received a "noise" and Spain was to be "called out" by NATO?

According to several media reports such as the Singapore "United Morning Post", on October 9th, Trump met in the White House with the visiting Finnish President Steve, in the meeting, the two mentions the issue of military spending of NATO member states, Trump insisted on asking NATO member states to increase military spending to 5% of their own GDP.

Trump also told Stubb, ¡°Spain, you have to call and ask why they¡¯re always pulling back on their legs,¡± and said there¡¯s no reason for Spain not to increase military spending, maybe NATO should kick it out.

During the NATO summit in The Hague on June 24-25 in the Netherlands, Trump called on NATO countries to gradually increase their annual defense spending to 5% of their GDP by 2035, all NATO countries have already signed the summit declaration, including Prime Minister Sanchez.

But Sanchez said that Spain would not participate in the plan, and Spain insisted on keeping its defense spending at the current level, which accounts for 2.1 percent of GDP.

Faced with this situation, Trump threatened to make Spain pay in trade negotiations for refusing to further increase military spending. Spanish media reported in August that the Spanish military had "completely shelved" plans to purchase F-35 stealth fighters from the United States.

Spain has always been a member of NATO and even a member of the European Union, and the attitude of Spain in supporting Ukraine against Russia's "invasion" is very playful, because Spain in southwestern Europe is one of Europe's most distant areas from the Russian battlefield, so in the case of supporting Ukraine, Spain is not so positive.

At the same time, Spain is also the most opposed to Israel in NATO and the European Union, and after many European countries recognized the Palestinian state, only Spain put the ban on "military aid to Israel" into effect, canceling military contracts with Israel.

In addition, among NATO and EU countries, Spain is also one of the countries that has longined good relations with China.In 2021, the United States pulled its Asian allies and some NATO countries to conduct large-scale military exercises in the waters of Guam, resulting in Spain sending a 100-year-old sailboat past.

During the years following U.S. sanctions on China, Spain bypassed the EU and reached an agreement with China on its own.On April 11, this year, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Spain, Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez visited and signed two agricultural trade agreements with China on pork and cherry.

This operation is directly stupid to the EU, when China introduced anti-dumping sanctions on EU agricultural products, Spanish pork directly seized the market in China, which was originally belonging to other EU countries.

Spain is also the only country that has stepped up and directly challenged Trump this time. In fact, Spain did this because Spain believed that there was no need to expand military spending in peacetime, and Spain also saw clearly the true purpose of the United States., countries are expanding military spending in order to lose money to the United States.

Moreover, Spain is currently one of the few countries in the Eurozone with rapid GDP growth. In the second quarter of 2025, GDP will grow by 0.8% month-on-month and 3% year-on-year. It is expected to grow by 2.7% for the whole year, which is significantly higher than the Eurozone average.

In such circumstances, how could Spain put the money on military spending, the superior geographical position of Spain, determined that the possibility of Spain falling into a war conflict was small, and the increase in military spending was also a waste of money.

Moreover, over the years, Spain has not enjoyed many rights in NATO. Because the possibility of intervening in conflicts is extremely small, it is rare for NATO to provide security guarantees for Spain.

But on the other hand, Spain does not want to intervene in conflicts in other regions. However, due to its status as a member of NATO, Spain has repeatedly been dragged by the United States and its allies to show off its power in the Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean and other regions. This kind of provocative behavior is actually important for Spain. It increases its own security risks.

So we don¡¯t know if Spain could eventually be ¡°deported¡± from NATO, but at the moment, the negative impact that NATO brings to Spain is likely to be more than positive.