US President Trump made verbal attacks on Spain during a press conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö. Trump said that Spain's military spending was so low that "it might be kicked out of NATO." Previously, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez stated that Spain had no intention of increasing its military spending to 3%, let alone 5%, because "Spain believes there is no risk of increasing military threats." In response to Trump's threats, Spain responded by stating that such comments from Trump "are not only detrimental to the North Atlantic Treaty, but also to the bilateral relationship itself." Spain pointed out that NATO has several important military facilities on its territory, "if Spain were expelled from NATO, these facilities would probably not remain in Spain."
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