Trump Orders Trade Cutoff with Spain, Renews Push to Take Control of Greenland at NATO Summit

On the summit's second day, Trump publicly ordered Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to 'cut off all trade with Spain, please, including visits,' calling Madrid 'a wasted cause' and 'a terrible partner in NATO' over its refusal to commit to the new 5% GDP defense-spending target and its earlier restriction on US use of the Rota and Morón bases during the Iran campaign. In the same appearance alongside Secretary General Rutte, Trump repeated that Greenland 'should be controlled by the United States, not by Denmark,' prompting Danish PM Mette Frederiksen to respond 'this is not going to happen.' Trump's tone shifted within a day: on the return flight to Washington he told reporters 'Spain came back all the way today. Spain was very generous today,' softening the trade-cutoff threat without a formal reversal.