Spain "will not be vassals" to another country, Deputy Prime Minister Maria Jesus Montero said on Wednesday, defying U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to cut trade with Madrid over its stance against the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran. Trump floated imposing a trade embargo on Madrid over its refusal to allow U.S. aircraft to use jointly operated naval and air bases in southern Spain for the offensive against Tehran. Spain has denounced the U.S. and Israeli bombings of Iran as reckless and illegal, while most other European nations have withheld direct critique of the attacks. "We are certainly not going to be anybody's vassals, we won't tolerate any threats and we'll defend our values," Montero told reporters, citing support for Spain from the European Commission. The Commission said in a statement on Wednesday it expected the U.S. to abide by its trade deal with the European Union and expressed "full solidarity" with member states, but stopped short of naming Spain. The EU requires that third countries treat it as a single customs bloc. In a televised address earlier on Wednesday, Spa