Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has pushed back firmly against United States President Donald Trump and reiterated that he will not support a war against Iran.
A televised address on Wednesday night, delivered from his official residence, was posted on social media platforms with the caption “the position of the Government of Spain is summed up in four words: no to war”.
The 10-minute speech elaborated further, touching on the ongoing wars in both Palestine and Ukraine, the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Sanchez's ongoing opposition to those as well, but remained unshakeable on Spain's refusal to support the Trump administration going to war in Iran.
“You cannot answer one illegality with another, because that is how the great catastrophes of humanity begin,” said Sanchez.
"We will not be complicit in something that is harmful to the world and contrary to our values and interests, simply out of fear of retaliation,"
This address comes in response to threats from Trump earlier this week to cut all trade with Spain, and pulling U.S. military aircraft from the south of Spain after they were denied the use of them for further strikes into the middle east, although criticism for the openly socialist Sánchez goes further back for the current U.S. administration.
