You cannot play Russian roulette with the destiny of millions: Spain’s PM tell Trump
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez warned on Wednesday that the conflict in th eMiddle East risked triggering a major global disaster, Reuters writes.
Sanchez was responding after US President Donald Trump threatened to cut trade with Madrid over its position on the conflict and its refusal to allow US aircraft to use jointly operated naval and air bases in southern Spain for the offensive against Tehran.
“We’re not going to be complicit in something that’s bad for the world, nor contrary to our values and interests simply to avoid reprisals from someone,” the Spanish PM said in a televised address to the nation.
Sanchez, among the most outspoken critics of both Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said governments existed to improve people’s lives and lashed out at leaders who “use the fog of war to hide their failure” at home.
“This is how humanity’s great disasters start … You cannot play Russian roulette with the destiny of millions,” he said.
