US Treasury Secretary Bessent accuses Spain of putting ‘American lives at risk’

Tamara Ceaikovski

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent doubled down on President Donald Trump's threat to halt trade with Spain on Wednesday, arguing Madrid had "put American lives at risk" in barring Washington from using jointly operated military bases in Spain to attack Iran. Any policy that "slows down our ability to engage and prosecute this war in the fastest, most effective manner" poses a threat to Americans, Bessent said during an interview on CNBC. "The Spanish have been very uncooperative regarding

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