{"id":152961,"date":"2026-06-15T03:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T03:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152961"},"modified":"2026-06-15T03:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T03:16:09","slug":"trump-thinks-spains-a-loser-spains-ready-to-prove-him-wrong-at-the-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152961","title":{"rendered":"Trump thinks Spain\u2019s a \u2018loser.\u2019 Spain\u2019s ready to prove him wrong at the World Cup."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Politics<\/p>\n<p>No European country has infuriated Donald Trump more than Spain. Now it\u2019s desperate to win his World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Teenage superstar Lamine Yamal, Rodri and co. enter the tournament as joint favorites alongside France. With the U.S. president apparently intent on making this a World Cup that projects his personal influence and America\u2019s soft power, victory would be sweet for Spanish soccer fans \u2014 but especially so for their prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>Outspoken socialist leader Pedro S\u00e1nchez, a supporter of Atl\u00e9tico Madrid, has clashed spectacularly with Trump over the Iran war, but also regarding NATO spending and Israel\u2019s assault in Gaza. Meanwhile their policies on issues from energy to immigration could hardly be further apart.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/donald-trump-least-spain-win-world-cup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full story about the failing Washington-Madrid relationship here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2026\/06\/14\/world-cup-2026\/spain-fifa-world-cup-donald-trump-00961842\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Politics No European country has infuriated Donald Trump more than Spain. Now it\u2019s desperate to win his World Cup. Teenage superstar Lamine Yamal, Rodri and co. enter the tournament&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152961"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}