{"id":323108,"date":"2026-03-04T18:00:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/europe-is-finally-standing-up-to-donald-trump-this-is-why\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T18:00:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:00:45","slug":"europe-is-finally-standing-up-to-donald-trump-this-is-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/europe-is-finally-standing-up-to-donald-trump-this-is-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe is finally standing up to Donald Trump. This Is Why."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/qEPomvKTwh4\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Europe is finally standing up to Donald Trump. This Is Why.\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qEPomvKTwh4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The United States may have launched strikes on Iran this week, but Donald Trump also found time for a war of words.<\/p>\n<p>This time, it was with the prime ministers of the UK and Spain \u2013 after they refused to allow America access to their airbases ahead of the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Keir Starmer and Pedro Sanchez have responded with some tough words of their own \u2013 so why are they and other European leaders finally standing up to Trump?<\/p>\n<p>Niall is joined by Sky\u2019s defence analyst Michael Clarke.<\/p>\n<p>Have you got a question for Niall? 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