Macron teams up with Sánchez amid escalating clash with Trump - POLITICO

PARIS — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is no longer the only EU leader confronting U.S. President Donald Trump over the war in Iran. French President Emmanuel Macron is rallying to his side.

Both European leaders are being battered in the domestic political arena, but are increasingly outspoken on the international stage in casting the U.S.-Israeli war against Tehran as illegal — something that plays well in two countries where Trump is widely disliked.

Macron is also throwing his weight behind Sánchez by insisting that Europe must close ranks to defend Spain from Trump’s threats of a trade embargo. The U.S. president on Tuesday threatened to cut trade with Spain over Madrid’s decision to bar the U.S. from using jointly operated military bases for operations against Iran.