'No to war': Sánchez doubles down after Trump threat to cut off trade with Spain

The Spanish prime minister has doubled down on his opposition to the joint US-Israel strikes on Iran, warning that Donald Trump was playing ‘Russian roulette’ with the lives of millions. Subscribe ► youtube.com
Tensions between the two Nato allies increased after Sánchez denounced the US and Israeli bombings of Iran as ‘unjustified and dangerous’, and denied the US permission to use jointly operated military bases on its territory to attack Tehran, leading the US president to threaten to cut trade with Spain. In a section of the speech that appeared to directly address Trump’s threats to end all trade with the country, the prime minister said Spain will not be complicit in growing conflict in Middle East ‘simply out of fear of reprisals from someone’. Sánchez, who has been one of the most vociferous European critics of Israel’s conduct in Gaza, said his government’s position on the widening instability could be summed up as simply: ‘No to war’. Follow the latest on the US-Israel war on Iran via the link ► theguardian.com
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