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[–] cauthon117@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No, Merz said he encourages Spain to fulfill their NATO spending targets, but he didn't say anything about supporting an embargo.

[–] FortifiedAttack@hexbear.net 0 points 2 days ago

He listened as Mr. Trump criticized Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain — “this is not Winston Churchill that we’re dealing with” — and threatened to cut off all trade ties with Spain as a punitive measure.

Mr. Trump complained at length that Spanish leaders were not spending enough on their military, and that they had not allowed American forces to use their bases to launch attacks on Iran. A reporter asked Mr. Merz his reaction.

“The answer on that is quite simple,” Mr. Merz said. He said Spain needed to increase military spending, in keeping with commitments by Germany, France and other NATO allies to shoulder a larger financial burden for their own defense. (The chancellor did not say whether or not he approved of Mr. Trump’s idea of cutting off trade as punishment)

https://archive.ph/de5Ve

It was clearly a topic of the discussion. Merz' lack of disapproval and avoidance of answering that question says enough. He's fine with it.