President Trump criticized Spain, saying the country wanted “a little bit of a free ride,” and that it would “have to pay it back to us on trade” through higher tariffs.

We’re negotiating with Spain on a trade deal and we’re going to make them pay twice as much,” Trump said after the country refused to meet the spending target.

Spain reached a deal with NATO to be excluded from a 5% of GDP defense spending target, days before the military alliance's leaders will gather at a summit, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Sunday.