U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to halt all trade with Spain, after the country barred the U.S. from using its military bases as part of its operation in Iran.

In comments at the White House on March 3, Trump said Spain had been "terrible" and suggested "we're going to cut off all trade."

"We don't want anything to do with Spain," he told reporters.

BBC News reports that the comments come on the back of tensions between the two countries over Trump’s demand that NATO allies increase their defense spending. It is unclear whether the Trump administration will follow through on the threat, or how, exactly, the U.S. could cut off trade with a single European Union member state. But Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent both claimed that the U.S. can legally place an embargo on products imported from Spain.

"I could tomorrow — or today, even better — stop everything having to do with Spain, all business having to do with Spain," Trump said on March 3.

On the same day, Trump also expressed frustration with the Spanish government for refusing to increase its defense spending to 5% of its gross domestic product, in contrast to many other European countries that have acquiesced.

The European Union allows goods to move freely between the 27 countries in the economic bloc, complicating any efforts to impose trade restrictions on a single member state.

In 2025, the U.S. exported roughly $26 billion worth of goods to Spain and imports from the country amounted to about $21 billion, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Spain's top exports to the U.S. include pharmaceutical products and olive oil.