EuropeEarlier White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that Spain has agreed to cooperate with the U.S. military after President Donald Trump threatened to cut trade with Madrid over its stance against the US-Israeli strikes on Iran
Which then quickly prompted the Spanish government to categorically deny any such agreement of cooperation with the US military.
Article translated w/ DeepL
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, has “categorically” denied that Spain will “cooperate militarily” with the US, as previously stated by White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt. At a press conference, the US official said that “Spain has agreed to cooperate militarily in the last few hours.” In an appearance this morning, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez summed up Spain's position on the conflict “in four words: No to war.” For its part, the European Commission has warned that it is prepared to act and safeguard the interests of the Union in response to US President Donald Trump's threat of a trade embargo against Spain. On the ground, Turkey has reported that NATO systems installed on its soil have shot down a missile over its territory, which fell without causing damage after flying over Iraq and Syria. NATO has condemned the launch by Iran. In addition, Israel continues, together with the US, its bombing of Iran, where it has attacked targets in Tehran and other cities. The death toll from the offensive by both countries has exceeded 1,000, while the Ayatollah regime has continued to launch missiles against US targets in countries surrounding the Persian Gulf, such as Kuwait, the Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar.
Straight up lying about what other governments agree to.
Like, I don't even know what the purpose was here... what did they think, the spanish won't be hearing about it because its in english?
The purpose of this is that right wing news media will only report what Trump said while never mentioning the rebuttal. Now they'll do whatever they want and when they get push back they'll say "yeah but you said we could" and all of his fans will back him up. And since Trump purged most of the senior military that opposed him the military will most likely back him up too. So now if there's an international incident involving the illegal use of US military bases in Spain they can say it was Spain that broke the agreement.
Facts don't matter for these people. They only care about what their dear leader says while everything else is noise or ignored entirely. Essentially, this message isn't for us or Spain, it was for MAGA.
They said they're going to cut all trade with Spain over Spain not letting them use bases for these Iran strikes. My guess is someone in the Trump cabinet imports Spanish wine or some shit, and so they need trade with Spain.
Trump says Spain let them do the thing, so trade is back on! Art of the deal, baby!
Ah the Spanish, they still only have sticks and stones no way they can receive broadcasts
They're too busy with their siestas, drinking wine and talking very loudly to read international media.
as a Spaniard, I confirm
Right after the conference José Manuel Albares declared "it's siesta time"
They know that their supporters won't question it further.
Exactly. These comments are not directed at the sane, it's so their supporters don't have to admit that trump loses most of the time.
i mean...it works with Netanyahu's speeches in hebrew, for dove-zionists back in the States that only speak english
Trump is dumb enough to believe that Spaniards don't understand English just because he doesn't understand Spanish
No, because nobody understands a word this guy is saying.
"in four words: No to war."
Before anyone jumps on the translation error, there are four words in the original. "en cuatro palabras: No a la guerra."
Could just translate it "no to the war" instead of writing an explanation.
I can only draw from my French, but I guess "no to war" is the correct translation, as "no to the war" in English would be either wonky or would mean "no to this specific war". But the Spanish wording is more read as "no to war in general", so the translation is more correct.
That looks wonky in English. Nobbling your translations for the sake of people incapable of understanding that words work differently in other languages is like putting “REMOVE FROM BOX BEFORE EATING” on pizza cartons.
I don't speak Spanish well. The caption on the photo is something like "a child (walks?) past an unexploded Iranian missile in Syria," correct?
Oh look, it’s the Trump special!
Just like a few days ago how Iran wanted to “make a deal”
Spain continuing to be incredibly based
For once, I am proud of the actions of my government. For sure they are not going to stop the war, but it is the only prime minister of Europe that faces eeuu during the recent conflitcs.
Ladies and gentlemen, the art of the deal.
Fuck you tRump, europe likes you about as much as that russian midget. Go fuck yourself.
Just let them lie, takes the threat of trade embargo away without having to actually do anything about it.
they probably leaked their agreements with the right wing (PP) and extreme right wing (VOX) parties once they have been couped into power…
