“We have a lot of winners, but Spain is a loser,” US president Donald Trump told The New York Post this week.
It was his second such outburst against the country in the space of three days. On Tuesday, he had threatened to cut off all trade with Spain because it had refused to allow him to use two military bases as part of the US offensive on Iran.
The Spanish government of Socialist Pedro Sánchez had described the venture as an “unjustified and dangerous military intervention”.
And, as he hit back at Trump’s trade threats, Sánchez said the main task for any government was to improve people’s lives.
“And it is absolutely unacceptable that those leaders who are incapable…