STORY: President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (October 14) he is "very unhappy" with Spain for refusing to raise its defense spending to 5%, calling the move disrespectful to NATO.

Trump also threatened possible trade punishments, including tariffs, in retaliation.

"Im very unhappy with Spain. They're the only country that didn't raise their number up to 5%... so I'm not happy with Spain," Trump told reporters.

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SHOWS: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 14, 2025)(UNRESTRICTED POOL - Access all)

1. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND CABINET MEMBERS SEATED DURING MEETING WITH ARGENTINIAN PRIME MINISTER JAVIER MILEI

2. (SOUNDBITE)(English) U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

REPORTER ASKING OFF CAMERA: "Thank you, Mr. President. Last week you said NATO's should consider expelling Spain."

TRUMP: "What?"

REPORTER: "You said that NATO should consider expelling Spain. Would you support that?"

TRUMP: "What?"

TRUMP MOVING HEAD TOWARDS VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE TO REPEAT QUESTION

TRUMP: "I'm very unhappy with Spain. They're the only country that didn't raise up their number to 5%. Every other country in NATO raised up to 5%. And Spain is doing very well off our backs. So I'm not happy with Spain."

3. TRUMP SPEAKING

4. (SOUNDBITE)(English) U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

"Spain gets protection and they know, you know, look, they're sort of in the semi middle of it. So they're going to get protected automatically. Even if you don't want to protect them, you're protecting them because of the way they're located. And I think what Spain did is a very bad thing for NATO. I think it's very unfair to NATO. It wouldn't matter if you said you're not going to protect them because they're pretty much protected, you know, what are you going to do, go through the other countries and let's go attack Spain right. So I think what they did is not nice. I think it's very disrespectful to NATO. In fact, I was thinking about giving them trade punishment through tariffs because of what they did. And I may do that. I think unbelievably disrespectful. Spain, the only one out of all the countries of NATO, they're the only one that said that is Spain. And I think that's, I think they should be punished for that."

5. MEETING IN PROGRESS