Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has refused to allow the U.S. to use bases in Spain for the Iran conflict. His growing ties with China and his refusal to meet NATO spending requirements support President Trump’s statement that Spain should be removed from NATO. When Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) closed the Strait of Hormuz, President Trump assumed that NATO allies who had benefited from U.S. defense spending for 70 years would participate in reopening it. Their refusal was clearly political rather than rational. Europe receives roughly 10% of its oil and 7% of its LNG through the Strait of Hormuz, and the IRGC blockade has driven a 70% spike in some European energy costs. Given that dependence, allied participation in reopening the strait…
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