Spain’s Sanchez to Trump: ‘You cannot play Russian roulette with the destiny of millions’

Mar 04, 2026

MADRID – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on March 4 doubled down on his opposition to the attack on Iran by the US and Israel, warning that the conflict risked playing “Russian roulette” with the lives of millions.

Mr Sanchez was responding after US President Donald Trump threatened to cut trade with Madrid over its position on the conflict.

“This is how humanity’s great disasters start… You cannot play Russian roulette with destiny of millions,” Mr Sanchez said in a televised address to the nation.

Mr Sanchez said the world could not solve its problems with conflicts and bombs.

“The position of the Spanish government can be summarised in four words: ‘No to the war,’” he said, adding the stance was not disingenuous but coherent.

Mr Sanchez highlighted the negative knock-on effects of the Iraq war, from a rise in jihadist terrorism to soaring energy prices, to argue that the consequences of this attack on Iran were just as nebulous and that it would not lead to a more just international order. REUTERS
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