WATCH: Trump confuses Spain with a BRICS nation and threatens 100% tariffs amid question about Spanish defence spending [Video]

NEW US President Donald Trump asked if NATO ally Spain was a BRICS nation when quizzed on the country’s low defence spending.

The gaff was embarrassing for both Trump and Spain, as the latter hosts a number of US military bases on its territory including the sprawling Rota naval station in Cadiz, home to the US Sixth Fleet.

Instead, Trump wondered if Spain was a member of the BRICS economic alliance consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, which aims at countering US and western influence.

During an impromptu press conference in the Oval Office, a Spanish reporter asked: “What can we expect from the NATO countries that spend the least, like Spain, below 5%?”

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“Spain is very low. Are they a BRICS nation?” 

“They are a BRICS nation. Spain. Do you know what a BRICS nation is? You’ll …