Spain's PM fires back at Donald Trump over threat to 'cut all trade' for not helping US military

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has hit back at Donald Trump after the US president threatened to end trade with Spain over the country's opposition to the war against Iran.

It comes after Trump was filmed telling German Chancellor Friedrich Merz 'Spain has been terrible,' since the US launched its coordinated military strikes on Iran with Israel.

The 79-year-old went on to say the US planned to 'cut off all trade with Spain,' insisting: "We don't want anything to do with Spain."

Merz later confirmed he had told Trump he would not agree to a separate trade agreement with Germany or all of Europe without Spain.

Now, Sánchez shared his own thoughts on the situation, restating Spain's opposition to the war and what he described as 'the breakdown of international law.'

Sánchez has hit back at Trump (EVAN VUCCI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Speaking from his home in Madrid, the PM told his country he was assessing economic measures to try and limit the impact the conflict would have on Spanish nationals.

"The question is not if we are on the side of the ayatollahs - nobody is," he said, as per the BBC. "The question is whether we are in favour of peace and international legality."

Socialist Sánchez went on to say Spain's stance on the US-Iran war is the same as its position on Ukraine and Gaza, with the politician vocalising his criticism of Israel's attacks on Gaza, being one of the only leaders to describe the actions as genocide.

A recent poll by the CIS research institute found that 77 percent of Spanish people had 'bad' or 'very bad' opinions of Trump, suggesting it's not just Sánchez's left-wing supporters who share his views on the matter.

Trump threatened to end trade with Spain (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump previously accused Spain of being a 'terrible partner' in Nato for declining to increase its defence budget in line with a target of 5 percent of economic output.

However, Spain isn't the only country the president has lashed out at in recent days, after Trump criticised Keir Starmer for turning down his initial request to use the UK's RAF bases to be used in the initial strikes against Iran.

Criticising Starmer's lack of cooperation, Trump told the Sun: "He has not been helpful. I never thought I’d see that. I never thought I’d see that from the UK. We love the UK.

"This was the most solid relationship of all. And now we have very strong relationships with other countries in Europe."

He added: "It’s a different world, actually. It’s just a much different kind of relationship that we’ve had with your country before. It’s very sad to see that the relationship is obviously not what it was."