Trump promises to pay for Spain to avoid a new NATO spending target

US President Donald Trump Spanish told Spain on Wednesday NATO defense costs target 5% of the gross domestic product means a tougher trade agreement for Southern European country.

Speaking at a press conference at the NATO summit in NATO in the Netherlands, Trump said he was “terrible” that Spain could not afford to meet with the target of 2035.

“You are doing very good. The economy is very good. And this economy can be cleaned of water with something bad.”

“What are we going to do?

“So they want a little free walk, but this will not allow this to happen in trade. This is unfair,” he said.

His opinions are coming shortly after NATO allies agreed More than 2% of GDP to increase defense costs to 2035.

In a joint statement, the Western military bloc, especially Russia’s Euro-Atlantic security and the long-term threat created by “continuous threat” and “sustainable threat”, “he said in front of deep security threats and problems.

Earlier, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said that the country will meet the new NATO’s opportunities, members of the members to defend themselves and a wider military union to defend the new opportunities.

However, Sanchez considers the current defense costs of Madrid to say 2% of GDP “sufficient, realistic and relevant to the state of well-being,” he said. Sanchez also thanked NATO allies for “Spanish Sovereignty.”

While contacting CNBC, the Spanish government spokesman was not immediately available.

– CNBC’s Holly Ellikatt contributed to this report.