President Donald Trump excoriated Spain for refusing to meet NATO’s requirement that member nations spend at least 5% of their gross domestic product on defense and threatened to break off all trade with the country.

“Spain is a wasted cause,” Trump said on Wednesday during a press conference with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. “We don’t want to do any trade business with Spain anymore.”

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