U.S. President Donald Trump called Spain a “ruined country”, citing the crisis in Ceuta, and said the mass influx of migrants from Morocco was “sad to see”.
“Spain will be a ruined country. I have had my own problems with Spain because it is not behaving very well regarding NATO. It is not paying what it should,” the American leader said in an interview with British channel GB News, while discussing the Ceuta crisis.
“What is happening there is very sad to see,” Donald Trump added about the situation in the autonomous city of Ceuta. His remarks came amid debates in the Congress of Deputies, where Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez acknowledged his political isolation over the crisis. Close political allies also pointed to responsibility not only for Morocco but also for the United States and Israel.
Trump’s previous statements on the migration crisis
Noting that the United Kingdom has “its own problems,” Donald Trump said, “Thousands of people are not entering their country in this way.” He concluded, “I have never seen anything like it,” referring to the situation in Ceuta.
The White House head had already mentioned the Ceuta crisis during the early days of the mass influx of roughly 80,000 migrants from Morocco. At that time he blamed the situation on “weak laws” and “poor management” by the government of Pedro Sánchez, stating that Spanish authorities “did not know what to do” during the surge.
Later, Donald Trump referred to claims that a July ruling by Spain’s Supreme Court bans the return of migrants who cross the border by swimming. The Spanish government cited this claim as an example of misinformation that helped fuel the influx.
According to La Vanguardia
