https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The European Commission responded that the EU had been 'a boon' for the United States after President Donald Trump claimed it had been born to 'screw' the US, laying bare his hostility to the longtime US partners as he detailed new tariffs. https://www.thelocal.es/20250227/europeans-hit-back-after-donald-trump-says-eu-was-born-to-screw-us Thu, 27 Feb 2025 07:27:39 +0100 europeans-hit-back-after-donald-trump-says-eu-was-born-to-screw-us Donald Trump hasn't even moved back into the White House -- but the volatile US president-elect has already rattled his counterparts in Europe. https://www.thelocal.es/20250110/dont-add-fuel-to-fire-europe-tries-to-play-it-cool-as-storm-trump-approaches Fri, 10 Jan 2025 10:04:26 +0100 dont-add-fuel-to-fire-europe-tries-to-play-it-cool-as-storm-trump-approaches As the world anxiously awaits the results of the US elections, we take a look at what another four years of Donald Trump in the White House could mean for Spain and whether a win by Joe Biden would strengthen relations between the two nations. https://www.thelocal.es/20201105/trump-or-biden-who-is-better-for-us-spain-relations Thu, 05 Nov 2020 13:26:17 +0100 trump-or-biden-who-is-better-for-us-spain-relations "Trust in Trump's America is gone." The coronavirus crisis has caused a dramatic deterioration in the European public perception of the US and left many believing the EU had become "irrelevant", new polling finds. https://www.thelocal.es/20200629/how-the-covid-19-pandemic-has-changed-europeans-views-of-the-us-and-the-eu Mon, 29 Jun 2020 13:22:08 +0200 how-the-covid-19-pandemic-has-changed-europeans-views-of-the-us-and-the-eu The majority of American Democrats living in Spain voted for Bernie Sanders in a global primary held this month, party officials announced on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160321/us-expats-in-spain-vote-for-bernie-sand Mon, 21 Mar 2016 17:26:26 +0100 us-expats-in-spain-vote-for-bernie-sand Donald Trump's first campaign ad shows migrants swarming over the 'southern border' between US and Mexico but it is actually footage from Spain's Melilla https://www.thelocal.es/20160105/trump-tv-video-ad-not-mexico-migrants-morocco-spain Tue, 05 Jan 2016 09:46:03 +0100 trump-tv-video-ad-not-mexico-migrants-morocco-spain Spanish singing legend Julio Iglesias has said he will no longer perform in casinos belonging to US presidential hopeful Donald Trump because of his anti-immigrant comments. https://www.thelocal.es/20151007/spanish-legend-julio-iglesias-will-no-longer-perform-in-trump-casinos Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:28:21 +0200 spanish-legend-julio-iglesias-will-no-longer-perform-in-trump-casinos Crowdfunding could help fund the legal battle of José Andrés, the Spanish chef being sued for dumping US presidential candidate Donald Trump over racist comments. https://www.thelocal.es/20150818/crowdfund-set-up-to-help-spanish-chef-beat-trump Tue, 18 Aug 2015 15:12:28 +0200 crowdfund-set-up-to-help-spanish-chef-beat-trump Jose Andrés is firing back against a $10 million lawsuit filed by Donald Trump after the star chef pulled out of a restaurant deal in protest over the presidential candidate's racist remarks about Mexican immigrants. https://www.thelocal.es/20150804/spanish-chef-fires-back-against-trump-lawsuit Tue, 04 Aug 2015 16:12:19 +0200 spanish-chef-fires-back-against-trump-lawsuit One of Spain's most famous celebrity chefs has decided to cut all ties with the American business magnate-turned presidential hopeful over his anti-immigration comments. https://www.thelocal.es/20150709/spanish-chef-dumps-trump-over-anti-immigrant-comments Thu, 09 Jul 2015 13:59:06 +0200 spanish-chef-dumps-trump-over-anti-immigrant-comments