Kevin Roberts, president of the think tank Heritage Foundation and a very influential voice in Donald Trump, has claimed Spanish sovereignty over Ceuta this Friday. At an event in Santiago de Chile organized by the Disenso foundation, Vox’s think tank, Roberts repeated twice that Ceuta is a “Spanish city” and called for the support of the United States to Spain against the “invasion” by Morocco.
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Roberts is a prominent figure in Trump’s circle as he leads the main conservative think tank in the United States – founded in 1973, it has always been the ideological engine of the Republicans – and has practically designed the president’s roadmap for this second term through Project 2025. In this regard, a significant number of the measures adopted by Trump are taken from the manual prepared by Heritage.
“We are witnessing a physical attack right now in the invasion of the Spanish city of Ceuta. The Spanish city of Ceuta,” said Roberts, who also held a meeting with Vox’s secretary general Ignacio Garriga. Santiago Abascal was expected to attend this Vox event in Santiago de Chile, called the V Regional Meeting of Foro Madrid – an international alliance promoted by Disenso – but he could not due to Pedro Sánchez’s appearance in Congress over the Ceuta crisis.
Additionally, international leaders such as Javier Milei (Argentina) and José Antonio Kast (Chile) were present at this meeting. Also present were the Vice President of Honduras, María Antonieta Mejía, and Sarah Rogers, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, who also referred to Ceuta and stated that mass immigration “is a destabilizing political force” and, therefore, “state and non-state actors” exploit it.
In any case, Roberts stood out for his speech in favor of Spain in a context where the United States has publicly shown significant alignment with Morocco due to their historical relationship, and in recent months, some Republican congressmen have even questioned the Spanish sovereignty of Ceuta and Melilla.
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“We all must, at this moment, all of us, including the United States, support the people of Spain at this time. And we must call this problem by its name. An invasion, again, by Morocco, who uses people as pawns for its objectives,” he expressed.
Roberts also lashed out at Pedro Sánchez for his actions. “And what does the incompetent far-left prime minister of Spain do? Contrary to the will of his wonderful people, the great people of Spain; instead of supporting those facing an invasion, he goes to the media to attack the King. The first time this has happened in the post-Franco era.”
In this way, Vox claims that Spain has received a boost from the United States at a time when its strategy involves toughening the tone against Morocco. Abascal’s party has called for the suspension of the Friendship Treaty between Spain and Morocco and the withdrawal of the Spanish ambassador in Rabat, as well as expelling the neighboring country from co-organizing the 2030 World Cup.
