The US will suspend all trade with Spain over Madrid’s decision to deny the US permission to use its joint military bases to attack Iran, President Donald Trump has announced. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has condemned Trump’s “unjustified and dangerous” intervention against Iran.

Speaking at the White House on Tuesday, Trump said that “we’re going to cut off all trade with Spain,” and that he doesn’t “want to have anything to do with” the Mediterranean nation. Trump did say when his supposed trade embargo would come into effect.

On Monday, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said that his government would not allow the US to use Naval Station Rota or Moron Air Base – both of which are shared by Spanish and American forces – in its ongoing war with Iran. Albares said that the bases were not used in carrying out Saturday’s opening strikes on Iran, “nor will they be used” for the duration of the conflict.

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