A lone battle: Why is Pedro Sánchez the only European leader to take on Trump?
by Sam Jones in Madrid, Angelique Chrisafis in Paris, from US news | The Guardian on (#741SP)
As the Spanish PM decries the war in Iran, other politicians are unable - or unwilling - to speak against the US president
On Wednesday morning, Pedro Sanchez delivered a 10-minute televised address with the rather bland title: An institutional declaration by the prime minister to assess recent international events."
The speech's words, however, were anything but beige. Hours after Donald Trump had threatened to cut off trade with Spain over its government's refusal to allow two jointly operated bases in Andalucia to be used to strike Iran, Sanchez set out his thinking.
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