Threatening to ignore sovereignty like this is just going to isolate us from our European allies even more. My brother is stationed in Europe right now and everyone there is already on edge about these kinds of statements. It basically makes the whole NATO agreement look like a joke.

Make the United States look like a joke.

They arrest him and put him in a castle dungeon because he is a danger to their country and the world.

…they forgot the Spanish Inquisition.

They operate with ruthless efficiency, ….😂

....ah!,their TWO weapons are ......

Probably orders from Putin: Make America an isolated sitting duck.

And we will be a rogue state with no allies at all, not even Putin.

says Putin.

Then watch out for open windows and loose carpeting on that staircase.

the corrupt chief of police said something like "We haven't yet decided how he died, either he committed suicide or was shot while trying to escape?"

I’m out of my depths here, but I don’t really think Iran and Russia are allies as much as partners in isolation. I would think the sabre-rattling would be a little louder if Trump and Putin are not somewhat on the same page.

So!

Could you please tell us why Putin likes Iran?

TY!

information..

Lots to study. and it doesn't seem like Putin would be happy with the bombing to smithereens of Iran by the US Traitor and Netanyahu.

And it's tough competition today. I just read the comment to Mr. Dahlia, and I said: there are so many smart people on DU.

This is not what we should strive to be as a nation.

How the media sane washes tRump is mind numbing. HE IS INSANE!

So, legacy media talking heads go along because they are not journalists, but gutless wonders who probably have no other job skills beyond ass kissing.

by this demented sick monster?

It's hell for those who can see and put pieces together. Take care of yourself and get outside if at all possible.

Thanks.

butterfly bowels

But I cant quite pinpoint it.

Not to mention, he still doesn't understand that the commitment is not to NATO but to fund their own militaries.

He doesn't get that he likely did not even try to build a coalition with EU. This was the US and Israel.

... who can make a difference?

Or maybe one of the chefs or housekeepers might know how to reach him.

... have shovelled billions into his pockets -- and promise to keep on shovelling in exchange for serving them in whatever way they may demand.

He's a jabba the hutt whose greed and corruption know no bounds. He only responds to powerful forces that oppose him with every lever at their disposal. As he gets more desperate and extreme, the free states of this nation MUST coordinate on an all out offensive against his insanity to protect our rights and protect our elections. And we need the Democrats in the House and Senate to step up to the challenge. And that means joining together to UNITE -- 100% -- in powerful opposition.

The crazy just keeps getting more and more obvious. Are there any sane people left in the Trump administration?

Trump has got to go.

that tyrannical Mussolini.

It would seem that this could get the US kicked out of NATO. And then Spain could call upon NAtO for assistance in retaliation .

Not sure Russia would want to get involved on the US' behalf -- they're already stretched pretty thin.

Pardon my assumptions, I"m not a pol sci person but I"m just wondering . . .

Trump likes to throw his weight around. He thinks he's omnipotent as the head of the most powerful military force on the planet.
He likes to keep everyone guessing what he would do next. The reality of it is that he doesn't know until he does it.
Dementia does that to you.

The prefrontal dementia is really ramping up.

Somebody already did: Spain. Naval Station Rota isn't US territory and Spain retains overall command of it.

Presidential threats can be considered an attack.
What he just said is Assault!
Assault is an attack!

I guarantee Brussels is busy!

His tantrums are just ridiculous. Everyone is tuning him out at this point.

I like SB Mowing.
This guy does landscaping on run down or abandoned properties and does much community service work.

I am watching a guy do yard work over getting more pissed at chump.

Often have neighbors calling the police on them... which I don't get. Ruins the vibe.

Not at DU - but in places like threads and Bluesky to stop saying that 'NATO' will hold.

It won't.

Then we could see how effective is all that air defense equipment and training we gave Spain over the years.

No self-control whatsoever.

Just like him and his best buddy seeing an adolescence females at the talent shows

JFC

Trump has violated practically every rational protocol a President is supposed to adhere to. Plus, he just looks like a madman who just happens to be controlling the most powerful military on earth. He is making America a joke, and is dragging any decent citizens here cringe with his theatrics.

Somebody needs to get him the hell out of there NOW.

It's definitely 25th Amendment time. He's nuts.

were so concerned about Biden's age and abilities?

On Biden's worst day he was miles above Trump's best day.

And now we have a maniac.

Somebody really needs to take away his game of Risk and hide it. He thinks that is how the real world works.

a fucking BULLY everyday. I must bring out my "voo doo" doll!!! Just STOP HIM NOW!!!!!! Get him out NOW!!!!!!!!!!

And make it a deranged megalomaniac sociopath - all restraints are gone.

Rules? I don't need no stinkin rules.

IMPEACH this crazy bastard and REMOVE him. Then put him in the worst care facility available!!

Trmp's tried to remove the US from NATO, so that only seems appropriate.

Right now, the U.S. is $4 BILLION in arrears to the United Nations. He doesn't have much room to talk.

Taking over Spain's air bases would be another act of war. Is he willing to take on NATO? Or, I should say, is he willing for the U.S. to be bombed out of existence?

It just keeps getting worse and worse.

Oh, and to all the soybean farmers who voted for him: thanks to your Dotard claiming he will stop all trade with Spain, there goes another billion dollars a year in your sales -- which like China, Spain will get from Brazil instead.

We did not vote for him. Your stereotyping is shameful. Not even all the billionaires voted for him. Our governor Pritzker is a billionaire and Democratic Presidential material.

Proud Democratic soybean farmer and Pritzker supporter

So that comment was not aimed at, nor did it hit, you -- unless you voted for him, which you say you did not.

Goodbye.

One day it'll all come to bite him in the ass

The founders never anticipated that the entire political and legal spectrum would fail to stand up to a dictator

Hitler had Franco. What are these fascist mf'ers up to?

Seriously.

Spain is a NATO ally, FFS. Or was.

sadly, it's not that far fetched.

Takeaways from the Texas and North Carolina primaries
Analysis by Aaron Blake, CNN
Updated: 2:33 AM EST, Wed March 4, 2026

Voters in three states headed to the polls for the first primary day of
the 2026 midterm elections on Tuesday, with the big story being a pair
of Texas Senate primaries that both seemed to break quite well for
Democrats’ majority hopes.

State Rep. James Talarico’s win over US Rep. Jasmine Crockett in the
Democratic primary gave Democrats what appears to be their most
electable nominee, while baggage-laden Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
forced a runoff with GOP Sen. John Cornyn.

Primaries were held Tuesday not just in Texas but also in North Carolina
and Arkansas.

Below are some takeaways from those races and other primaries on Tuesday.
Crockett misses her opportunity

The story of the Texas Democratic Senate primary wound up being largely
about a missed opportunity for Crockett.

The congresswoman came into the race with buzz around her name and some
real built-in advantages. But her campaign never seemed to do the kinds
of traditional things – the blocking and tackling – that you need to do
to complement that.

She got in the primary at the 11th hour just three months ago. Her
campaign advertising was scant. (In fact, Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott
accounted for a large share of the money spent on her behalf as he
sought to elevate her candidacy in hopes of hurting Democrats.)

Her message at times seemed to be more focused on process and grievances
rather than talking about what she would do as a senator. In the closing
days of the campaign, her staff made a reporter from The Atlantic leave
an event.

None of it suggested she was ready for primetime, and that showed on
primary day. Despite most of the polling having shown her leading, it
was pretty clear early on that this was Talarico’s night.

One way to look at that is that Democratic primary voters made a more
pragmatic choice rather than picking the firebrand. But also — the
firebrand’s campaign just didn’t stack up.

A potentially brutal 12-week Texas Senate runoff looms

The GOP primary went about as expected, with Cornyn and Paxton headed
for a runoff that will conclude on May 26.

Under normal circumstances, you’d say Cornyn is the clear underdog in
the runoff. Usually these primaries break down between the incumbent
vote and the anti-incumbent vote. And a majority of primary voters voted
against the incumbent.

But Paxton’s baggage — including a past indictment and allegations of
infidelity from his wife — suggests voting for him could be a hurdle for
some Rep. Wesley Hunt supporters, who could either vote for Cornyn or
sit out the runoff after Hunt finished third.

And beyond that, Talarico’s win in the Democratic primary could put a
premium on Republicans putting forward the more electable candidate,
which would seem to be Cornyn. Expect to see plenty of talk about
whether President Donald Trump, who praised all three candidates in the
primary, might join the national GOP in picking Cornyn over Paxton in
the name of holding the seat.

That might be a tough pill for Trump to swallow, given Paxton is more
MAGA than Cornyn. But Trump will also be concerned about keeping the
GOP’s congressional majorities.

(CNN’s Dana Bash reported on the air Tuesday night that it was “very
likely” Trump would come off the sidelines and endorse in the runoff.)

Talarico would be the underdog against either Republican, and Democrats
haven’t won any statewide race in Texas since 1994. But putting this one
in play would be huge for their majority math.

What’s clear for now is that a massively expensive and increasingly ugly
GOP campaign just got extended for 12 weeks. And that’s suboptimal for
Republicans.

Ted Cruz helps take down an incumbent Republican

Speaking of incumbents not getting love from key figures in their
national party, Rep. Dan Crenshaw got the cold shoulder from Trump,
Abbott and Sen. Ted Cruz. Now he’s a lame duck.

Crenshaw lost to state Rep. Steve Toth. And it doesn’t appear to have
been particularly close.

Cruz played an especially large role in taking down Crenshaw, including
even cutting an ad supporting Toth – a highly unusual move for an
incumbent senator.

As for why it happened? Crenshaw undoubtedly rubbed some of the MAGA
movement the wrong way by occasionally showing some independence from
Trump over the years. But it’s also true that Texas’s new map worked
against him by moving in lots of Toth-friendly territory.

Other incumbents get scares

Crenshaw had the worst day for an incumbent, and Cornyn is clearly in
some trouble.

But they’re not the only incumbents getting scares on Tuesday.

As of late Tuesday night, longtime Democratic Rep. Al Green was locked
in a tight contest with Rep. Christian Menefee, who recently won a
special election for his Houston-area seat. (The two are running against
each other under the new map.)

And in North Carolina, Democratic Rep. Valerie Foushee was in a tight
contest with Durham County Commissioner Nida Allam, a well-funded
challenger running to Foushee’s left in a very blue district.

The Tony Gonzales saga goes on

But for one incumbent, facing a runoff was actually a good outcome.

GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas faced a rematch with Brandon Herrera,
whom he narrowly defeated in his 2024 primary. Gonzales has faced a
series of brutal recent disclosures about an alleged affair with a
staffer who later died by suicide. The news has led even some
Republicans to call for him to resign.

He could still lose a runoff. But for now, he’s got reason not to resign
and to keep fighting.

That could be good for Republicans in that it means they might not see
their already slim majority shrink. But it could be bad in that they
have to keep dealing with a really ugly situation.

A not-so-good day for ambitious House members

In part thanks to disillusionment with the state of legislating in the
House, there are an extraordinary number of House members running for
statewide office – more than two dozen of them, in fact.

They are not off to a good start.

While both Crockett and Hunt lost their Senate primaries, Republican
Rep. Chip Roy finished a pretty distant second in the Republican primary
for Texas attorney general.

He was in line for a runoff with state Sen. Mayes Middleton, but Roy is
looking like a distinct underdog.

Pedro Sánchez has delivered a strong rebuttal to US President Donald Trump's threat to end trade with Spain by restating his opposition to war and what he called the "breakdown of international law".

In a 10-minute televised address, the Spanish prime minister reflected on the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, as well as the Iraq War more than 20 years ago, and said the Spanish government's position could be summed up as "no to war".

Trump threatened to impose a full trade embargo on Spain in response to its refusal to allow the US to use the jointly run bases at Morón and Rotafor to strike Iran.

-snip-

In response to the US economic threat, the Élysée Palace said French President Emmanuel Macron had conveyed his "solidarity" with Spain during a phone conversation with Sánchez on Wednesday. European Council President António Costa also said he had spoken to the Spanish leader "to express the EU's full solidarity".

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/spains-pedro-nchez-hits-back-083743916.html

Good gosh! I haven't heard about that. Thanks for letting us know.