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03.51 EDT
Morning
opening: Trump threatens Italy, Spain with pulling out US troops
Jakub
Krupa
Italy and
Spain have joined a growing list of countries that US president Donald Trump is
threatening with pulling US troops from as part of a broader review of the US
military presence in Europe.
Responding
to a question from a reporter, Trump said he would “probably” consider such a
move, linking it to the two countries’ criticism of the US campaign in Iran.
“Look,
why shouldn’t I? Italy has not been of any help to us and Spain has been
horrible, absolutely horrible.”
Both
countries have been vocally critical of Trump’s war in the Middle East, with
the US president repeatedly taking aim at their leadership for refusing to join
the conflict.
Italy’s
Giorgia Meloni, previously a close ally, fell out with the US president over
Rome’s unwillingness to join the conflict – she “lacked courage,” Trump said –
as well as her criticism of Trump’s “unacceptable” comments about Pope Leo.
She also
denied the use of an airbase in Sicily to US military planes carrying weapons
for the war in Iran after the US did not follow the required authorisation
procedure.
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