Now Trump threatens to withdraw US troops from Italy and ‘horrible’ Spain

NewsWorldEuropeNow Trump threatens to withdraw US troops from Italy and ‘horrible’ SpainTrump said Spain had been ‘horrible, absolutely horrible’Andrea Shalal Friday 01 May 2026 11:15 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2968774","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/trump-italy-spain-nato-troops-b2968774.html","title":"Now Trump threatens to withdraw US troops from Italy and ‘horrible’ Spain "}}open image in gallery{"id":"trigger-autogallery-2158","index":0}US President Donald Trump criticised Spain and the UK in the wake of the US/Israeli strikes on Iran (Mark Schiefelbein/AP) (AP)On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_On_The_Ground_Newsletter","regTitle":"On The Ground","subscriptionGroup":"on_the_ground","subscriptionGroupId":"14806361-6435-4d19-b06e-05326605fb01","pathPrefix":["/news/world/europe","/news/world/middle-east","/news/world/australasia","/news/world/africa","/asia"],"associatedAuthors":["Bel Trew","Sam Kiley"],"title":"On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","mobileTitle":"Get a weekly international news dispatch","lengthenedMobileTitle":"Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/onTheGround1_1.png","newsletterKey":"receiveOnTheGround","regSourceSection":"Europe","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"}}President Trump has...