News Summaries in March 2026
“A European Leader Who Rejects Trump,” Wall Street Journal, March 28-29, 2026 Spain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, hasn’t bought into the approach most of Europe has taken toward U.S. President Donald Trump – walk on eggshells. According to Wall Street Journal reporters Drew Hinshaw, Marcus Walker and Gordon Fairclough, Sánchez “has been workshopping an alternative tactic: the ‘Just Say No’ theory of Trump diplomacy.” He has refused to allow the U.S. military to use Spain’s air bases for the war despite Trump’s anger. “Spain,” the reporters write, “rarely the center of gravity in European affairs, has become the standard-bearer for Europeans frustrated at the continent’s fear of standing up to a U.S. president.” Europeans are now moving closer to the position of Sánchez because of anger over the U.S. attack on Iran and Trump’s threats on Greenland. Sánchez said in an interview with the Journal that “good allies are like good friends. They tel...