In his first hours in the White House, the new Republican president explicitly referred to Spain, in what appears to be a clear warning to Pedro Sánchez’s government for its low contribution to the NATO budget.
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, caused confusion on Monday Spain with a member of the BRICS -multilateral organization bringing together several emerging economies and established as an alternative international space to the G7 -, and has pledged to 100% rates to said group.
In the Oval Office of the White House, several countries in the United States were asked about the contribution of less than 5% NATO to the Atlantic Alliance, including the Spanish case, has ensured that Spain is part of the BRICS. “I think Spain is way below par. And yet they come from the BRICS. (…) And if the BRICS want to do that, that’s fine, but we’re going to impose a 100% tariff on companies at the very least. do,” he stated.
The BRICS acronym comes from its founding countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, although it currently consists of eleven full members, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia, Iran and Indonesia. It also has several partner countries.
The newly inaugurated President of the United States, Donald Trump, wanted to usher in his “golden era” almost immediately, and yesterday, the same day of his inauguration, he signed his first decrees at a desk that was on the stage of the Capital One Stadium installed. Sand.
In total, he signed nearly a hundred executive orders containing anti-immigration measures, contrary to sexual diversity and scientific evidence, and in favor of those convicted of storming the Capitol.
Source: EITB
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