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President criticizes NATO partners and singles out Spain; NATO leader credits increased allied spending
Summary
At the summit press event the president criticized allied burden-sharing and urged a cutoff of trade with Spain; the NATO secretary-general credited the president's summit leadership with large allied defense-spending increases and pledged implementation on prior agreements including Greenland-related steps.
The president criticized some NATO allies for insufficient burden-sharing, calling Spain a poor partner and urging immediate economic disengagement: "Cut off all trade with Spain, please, including visits." He said the United States had paid "far, far too much" for collective defense and described years of unequal contributions.
Earlier in his remarks the president thanked "Mark" and called him a "great secretary general of NATO." Mark, introduced in the president's remarks as the NATO secretary-general, told reporters that Canada and European NATO members would spend about $215 billion more in 2025 and 2026 compared with 2024 and that the increases supported U.S. defense-industry jobs. "You have been able to really get them to step up," Mark said, crediting summit pressure and cooperation for the spending commitments.
The president also framed Greenland as strategically important to the United States, saying the U.S. "shouldn't have given it back" and comparing that decision to returning the Panama Canal. The NATO speaker said a Davos agreement involving Greenland would be implemented "step by step" and that trilateral talks had taken place.
The transcript records numeric and policy assertions as statements by the named speakers. The president's call to halt trade with Spain and his historical framing of Greenland were presented as his positions; NATO's secretary-general presented allied spending figures and credited cooperative pressure. The press event transcript does not record formal alliance decisions, treaty changes or specific implementation timelines beyond statements of intent.
