Trump calls events in Ceuta “sad” and says Spain has no control of its border

Donald Trump has again attacked Spain over events in Ceuta, calling them “very sad” and saying the country has “ZERO control” of its border.

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Very sad what is happening in Spain, a country with ZERO control of its border.

In a post on Truth Social, the U.S. president referred to the July influx without naming Ceuta directly: “Very sad what is happening in Spain, a country with ZERO control of its border.”

It was not the first time Trump has criticized Spain. He has also raised disputes over defense spending and Spain’s position on conflicts involving Iran and Gaza. In an interview with the British channel GB News last week, he said Spain would become a “ruined country” and argued that it was not behaving well within NATO or paying what it should.

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Spain will be a ruined country. I have problems with Spain because it is not behaving too well with respect to NATO and is not paying what it should pay.

Trump also described the Ceuta arrivals as “very sad to see,” saying that thousands of people had entered Spain in a mass movement. More than 70,000 migrants entered Ceuta irregularly from Morocco at the end of July. Most returned in the following days, but slightly more than 5,000 remained in the city while authorities processed their return or asylum cases.

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What is happening there is very sad to see ... Thousands of people breaking into their country en masse. I have never seen anything like it.