{"id":3944,"date":"2026-03-04T11:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T11:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=3944"},"modified":"2026-03-04T11:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T11:00:25","slug":"spanish-pm-pedro-sanchez-refuses-to-back-down-in-face-of-trump-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=3944","title":{"rendered":"Spanish PM Pedro S\u00e1nchez refuses to back down in face of Trump threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Spanish PM Pedro S\u00e1nchez refuses to back down in face of Trump threats\" width=\"620\" height=\"500\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"w-full object-cover rounded-md\" style=\"color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 620 500'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAACEN3D\/AAAAL0lEQVR42mP4z8DAwMiAARgZGJhY+P\/\/PwMDAwPDfwYGBgaGhgYGhgYGAAD9Hwlr5xRngAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg=='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.joe.co.uk\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-04-at-10.56.12.png?height=1024&amp;width=1024\"\/><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>&#8220;No to war.&#8221;<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>Spain\u2019s prime minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez has refused to be cowed by Donald Trump\u2019s trade threats amid a dispute over the use of Spanish airbases.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>On Tuesday, Trump\u00a0hit out at Spain\u00a0after its government refused to let American forces use their bases for the US\u2019s military action in Iran.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Speaking at the White House, Trump said Spain had been \u201cterrible\u201d and suggested \u201cwe\u2019re going to cut off all trade\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>In response,\u00a0Spanish PM S\u00e1nchez\u00a0reiterated his position on the conflict, and refused to be bullied by Trump.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Speaking in a televised address on Wednesday morning, S\u00e1nchez\u00a0said: \u201cThe Spanish government\u2019s position can be summed up in four words: no to war.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>He said Spain\u2019s position was \u201cclear and consistent\u201d and the same as its response to the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>S\u00e1nchez compared the action in Iran to the Iraq war, and said he opposes \u201crepeating the mistakes of the past.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>He continued: \u201cWe must demand a firm resolution\u00a0from the United States, Iran, and Israel\u00a0to stop [this conflict] before it is too late.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>He added that \u201cone illegality cannot be met with another, because that is how the great disasters of humanity begin.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>In an apparent reference to threats from Trump, S\u00e1nchez said it is \u201cunacceptable that some presidents use the fog of war to cover up their failures.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cThe question is not whether or not we support the ayatollahs. No one does. Certainly not the Spanish people, and certainly not the Spanish government. The question, instead, is\u00a0whether or not we stand on the side of international law and, therefore, on the side of peace,\u201d\u00a0he continued.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe will not be complicit in something that is bad for the world\u00a0and that is also contrary to our values \u200b\u200band interests\u00a0simply out of fear of reprisals from someone.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#Spanish #Pedro #S\u00e1nchez #refuses #face #Trump #threats<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;No to war.&#8221; Spain\u2019s prime minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez has refused to be cowed by Donald Trump\u2019s trade threats amid a dispute over the use of Spanish airbases. On Tuesday, Trump\u00a0hit out at Spain\u00a0after its government refused to let American forces use their bases for the US\u2019s military action in Iran. Speaking at the White House, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1095,3895,793,3896,3227,2008,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-3944","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-face","9":"tag-pedro","10":"tag-refuses","12":"tag-spanish","13":"tag-threats","14":"tag-trump"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}