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On the recordJune 25, 2025
I think it’s too bad. So we’ll make it up, you know what we’re going to do? We’re negotiating with Spain on a trade deal, we’re going to make them pay twice as much. And I’m actually serious about that. And I like Spain… they’re great people. But Spain is the only country of all the countries that refuses to pay. They want a little bit of a free ride, so they’ll have to pay it back to us on trade as I won’t let that happen, it’s not fair.
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Donald Trump
Republican · Florida

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Trump discusses trade negotiations with Spain in response to NATO spending.

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