{"id":3117,"date":"2026-08-06T10:30:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T10:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/?p=3117"},"modified":"2026-08-06T10:30:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T10:30:03","slug":"morocco-feels-emboldened-trumps-influence-in-spotlight-after-ceuta-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/?p=3117","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Morocco feels emboldened\u2019: Trump\u2019s influence in spotlight after Ceuta disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-gu-name=\"media\" class=\"dcr-14sl0e4\">\n<div class=\"dcr-17l77cs\">\n<figure id=\"dc36b284-6953-4d89-af87-fa82e6f22555\" class=\"dcr-191xnya\">\n<div id=\"img-1\" class=\"dcr-1t7hdmw\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Donald Trump smiles while holding up a signed Board of Peace charter document\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/d317c815a73a6699359714ccffd3c1dcc76fa7a9\/2126_0_5953_4764\/master\/5953.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"372.1249790021838\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"dcr-up96pv\"><span class=\"dcr-kogzpx\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-18mnkpm\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1294qmb\"><label for=\"the-checkbox\" class=\"dcr-4sl2vt\"><\/label> <\/p>\n<div id=\"the-caption\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1mfxiaj\"><span class=\"dcr-13i4yc9\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1cipnsy\">Morocco\u2019s foreign minister, Nasser Bourita, sits next to Donald Trump as he holds up the signed founding charter of his Board of Peace in January.<\/span> Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"#img-1\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-zwabc0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"dc36b284-6953-4d89-af87-fa82e6f22555\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-1bitgpn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-1shbixy\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-qda0hp\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1e9iiy9\"><span class=\"dcr-13i4yc9\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1cipnsy\">Morocco\u2019s foreign minister, Nasser Bourita, sits next to Donald Trump as he holds up the signed founding charter of his Board of Peace in January.<\/span> Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"headline\" class=\"dcr-ql9l8l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-6mja0y\">\n<h1 class=\"dcr-l0wuod\">\u2018Morocco feels emboldened\u2019: Trump\u2019s influence in spotlight after Ceuta disaster<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"standfirst\" class=\"dcr-1xpojbf\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1kvrm3n\">\n<p>Washington-Rabat ties under scrutiny as questions swirl over what led to deadly  influx into tiny Spanish territory<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"body\" class=\"dcr-x1al2c\">\n<div class=\"dcr-11gq2tx\">\n<div id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-1w2vkyc\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-ogvvui\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\"><span style=\"color:var(--drop-cap);font-weight:500\" class=\"dcr-1iwzucl\">T<\/span>he cosy relationship between Washington and Rabat has long been flaunted by both sides, from Morocco\u2019s announcement this year that it would be the first African state to join Donald Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/jan\/22\/trump-board-of-peace-launch-davos\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Board of Peace<\/a> to the congratulatory message recently sent by Trump to mark King Mohammed VI\u2019s 27 years in power.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The latest example landed this week. As Spain grappled with the aftermath of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/jul\/30\/thousands-enter-spanish-enclave-ceuta-morocco-africa\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">the sudden influx<\/a> \u2013 and swift return \u2013 of more than 70,000 people into Ceuta, Morocco\u2019s monarch confirmed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c3r0vg88zr2o\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">he had named<\/a> a $1bn highway flanking the disputed territory of Western Sahara after Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The deepening ties have come under renewed scrutiny as questions continue to swirl over what exactly led to the deadly mass border crossing into the tiny Spanish territory in north <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/africa\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Africa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cI think there\u2019s enough evidence to hypothesise or claim that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/morocco\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Morocco<\/a> is behind this,\u201d said Riccardo Fabiani, the north Africa project director for the International Crisis Group. \u201cBut there was no clear trigger for this, and this is what is puzzling for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"a4d2fe51-a531-462d-be79-26c2112682de\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.YoutubeBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-d9bay7\">\n<div data-chromatic=\"ignore\">\n<div data-component=\"youtube-atom\" data-atom-id=\"adebecfb-c648-4bdf-8193-879bf1fbf2ed\" data-video-id=\"zuae-tTf45g\" data-video-unique-id=\"zuae-tTf45g-4\">\n<div data-testid=\"youtube-sticky-zuae-tTf45g-4\" data-is-sticky=\"false\" class=\"dcr-0\">\n<div class=\"dcr-0\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1orj1f6\">\n<div data-format-theme=\"0\" data-format-design=\"10\" data-format-display=\"0\" class=\"dcr-yhqs4q\"><button data-testid=\"youtube-overlay-zuae-tTf45g-4\" aria-label=\"Play video: Migrants in Spain&apos;s Ceuta enclave escorted back to Morocco \u2013 video\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-16xaxky\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Migrants in Spain&apos;s Ceuta enclave escorted back to Morocco \u2013 video\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/763b7a27bbed9cc07aa5e6dbbac332ef1dda9e8e\/0_654_8640_4859\/8640.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" height=\"259\" width=\"460\" class=\"dcr-18dqxt1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-bdvwsb\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1aekkwd\"><span class=\"dcr-1f90r0x\">0:44<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"play-icon dcr-11ol26a\"><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-174mzkf\"><span class=\"dcr-1hnminq\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1cipnsy\">Migrants in Spain&#8217;s Ceuta enclave escorted back to Morocco \u2013 video<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Observers have suggested Spain\u2019s recent rapprochement with Rabat\u2019s archrival, Algeria, could have set off Morocco. But another, perhaps more plausible explanation pointed towards the US, said Fabiani.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cIt\u2019s obviously impossible to demonstrate,\u201d he said. \u201cBut in terms of plausibility, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s impossible to imagine that Morocco might have done something to earn brownie points with its allies, given that Morocco and this particular administration in Washington do have a very close, excellent relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">While Morocco had likely not \u201cmasterminded\u201d the surge into Ceuta, he said, its relationship with the Trump administration \u2013 along with the Moroccan king\u2019s desire to keep its claim to Ceuta in the spotlight \u2013 may have affected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/aug\/02\/ceuta-border-crossing-spain-morocco\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">how it responded<\/a> to fast-spreading online rumours about the Spanish border being thrown open.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"e1ece2ec-6d34-45ed-ab60-59f795b47914\" data-spacefinder-role=\"supporting\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-18sm3qm\">\n<div id=\"img-2\" class=\"dcr-1t7hdmw\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A young person being escorted by Spanish security forces\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/1006fcceedb1316851240ea8f196a07c93194c9b\/0_0_1930_2953\/master\/1930.jpg?width=445&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"445\" height=\"680.8730569948186\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"dcr-up96pv\"><a href=\"#img-2\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-zwabc0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"e1ece2ec-6d34-45ed-ab60-59f795b47914\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-tgembn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-1shbixy\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1ci1e33\"><span class=\"dcr-vyhg7z\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1cipnsy\">A young person is escorted by Spanish security forces after attempting to cross into Ceuta on Saturday.<\/span> Photograph: Violeta Santos Moura\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cFor sure the Moroccan security forces were monitoring those conversations,\u201d said Fabiani. \u201cThey saw that and there was probably some conversation where they decided to do nothing and see where this goes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">What followed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/jul\/31\/ceuta-spain-morocco-border-deaths\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">made headlines<\/a> across the globe as tens of thousands of people swam or waded across one of the EU\u2019s two land borders with Africa. As Spain scrambled to cope, far-right voices seized on the images.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">In the US, the vice-president, JD Vance, and the state department <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StateDept\/status\/2083197495119626476\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">blamed<\/a> the influx on the Socialist-led government of Spain, while Trump warned that electing Democrats would make what happened in Spain \u201clook small-time\u201d. At no point did any of them mention Morocco or the potential role it might have played.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Trump and his administration have long been open about the deep antipathy they feel for Pedro S\u00e1nchez, the Spanish prime minister, whose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/mar\/02\/spain-denies-united-states-permission-military-bases-iran-pedro-sanchez\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">refusal<\/a> to allow the US to use its airbases during the Iran war, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/jun\/19\/spain-rejects-nato-plan-for-member-states-to-spend-5-of-gdp-on-defence\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">rejection<\/a> of the 5% defence spending target and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/sep\/08\/spanish-pm-pedro-sanchez-israel-exterminating-defenceless-people-gaza\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">vociferous criticism<\/a> of Israel\u2019s actions in Gaza have arguably made Spain the administration\u2019s least favourite EU country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The American response seemed to be a triumph for Rabat, whose relationship with the US president traces back to his first term, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-africa-israel-north-africa-morocco-4279242f6f688d242bad5c7a64e29caf\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">when Morocco agreed<\/a> to normalise ties with Israel in exchange for Trump\u2019s recognition of its sovereignty claim over the disputed territory of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/western-sahara\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Western Sahara<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Since then, Morocco\u2019s all-powerful monarch had doubled down on outreach efforts, said Fabiani. \u201cThe Moroccans have really made extra efforts to cultivate every single major decision-maker within the administration, including the president himself, to make sure that this administration will support, until the end, the Moroccan autonomy plan for Western Sahara.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">A hint that the relationship could help Morocco lay claim to more than Western Sahara came in a recent US congressional report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/committee-report\/119th-congress\/house-report\/631\/1\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">that appeared<\/a> to be sympathetic to Morocco\u2019s refusal to recognise Ceuta as Spanish territory, describing it as \u201cSpanish-administered\u201d rather than a part of Spain, as it has been since 1580.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Days after the influx, interest in Ceuta remained heightened among those close to both Trump and the Israeli government, said Haizam Amirah-Fern\u00e1ndez, the director of the Madrid-based Centre for Contemporary Arab Studies. \u201cThey haven\u2019t stopped talking about Ceuta for several days in a row, which is quite striking.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"9380317e-3654-4a7a-9023-0ea849fb8636\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-d9bay7\">\n<div id=\"img-3\" class=\"dcr-1t7hdmw\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Workers in red cross clothing distributing food at a packed beach \" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ca77d75e5523e258f687799b1bc6d01708dcad27\/0_0_3672_2448\/master\/3672.jpg?width=445&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"445\" height=\"296.66666666666663\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"dcr-up96pv\"><a href=\"#img-3\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-zwabc0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"9380317e-3654-4a7a-9023-0ea849fb8636\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-1bitgpn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-1shbixy\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-174mzkf\"><span class=\"dcr-vyhg7z\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1cipnsy\">Red Cross personnel distributing food at  Trampol\u00edn beach in Ceuta this week.<\/span> Photograph: REDUAN\/EPA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">What had been laid bare was Rabat\u2019s willingness to use \u201chybrid tactics to achieve political objectives\u201d, said Amirah-Fern\u00e1ndez, drawing a parallel with May 2021 when Rabat loosened border controls to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/may\/17\/record-1000-migrants-reach-spains-north-african-enclave-ceuta-in-a-day\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">allow more than 8,000 people<\/a> to cross into Ceuta in a show of anger over Madrid\u2019s decision to allow a Western Sahara pro-independence leader to travel to Spain to be treated for Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">This time around, as nearly 10 times more people crossed into Ceuta, it set off a bout of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/aug\/01\/spain-pedro-sanchez-calls-for-eu-meeting-ceuta-border-crossing\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">finger-pointing<\/a> across the EU rather than any kind of concerted effort to push back using the bloc\u2019s status as Morocco\u2019s largest trading partner and largest foreign investor. \u201cThe reaction of several governments in the EU was, in the end, what the White House was looking for \u2013 the erosion of solidarity between European partners,\u201d said Amirah-Fern\u00e1ndez.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Senior officials in Morocco have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/aug\/05\/hundreds-in-morocco-gather-near-ceuta-border-in-anxious-wait-for-missing-loved-ones\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">pushed back against accusations<\/a> it was in any way complicit.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"4320f138-f9f7-49d6-b7d7-6d16fbec9e75\" data-spacefinder-role=\"thumbnail\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-qsywgu\">\n<div id=\"img-4\" class=\"dcr-1t7hdmw\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"King Mohammed VI and Trump\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/15c1c8b8fd72ddb93e155695d52ca6e9e2cbd8c8\/892_537_1880_1504\/master\/1880.jpg?width=120&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"120\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"dcr-up96pv\"><a href=\"#img-4\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-zwabc0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"4320f138-f9f7-49d6-b7d7-6d16fbec9e75\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-1y9mk2r\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-1shbixy\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-174mzkf\"><span class=\"dcr-vyhg7z\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1cipnsy\">King Mohammed VI and Trump in 2018.<\/span> Photograph: Ludovic Marin\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">At the Rabat-based Moroccan Institute for Policy Analysis, there was little doubt that relations between Morocco and the US were in their \u201cgolden era\u201d. Even so, the country\u2019s approach to the Trump administration remained pragmatic, said Said Saddiki, a senior fellow at the institute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cMoroccan policymakers are well aware of President Trump\u2019s transactional style and have sought to preserve Morocco\u2019s strategic autonomy,\u201d Saddiki said in an email, citing efforts to maintain partnerships with the EU, China and the Gulf states, among others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cThe relationship with the Trump administration has strengthened Morocco\u2019s international position, but so far it has not come at the expense of its relations with Spain or the European Union.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">For Fabiani, the events in Ceuta served to underscore the perils of Europe\u2019s reliance on north African states to control migration flows. \u201cThis has made Europe entirely vulnerable and dependent on the goodwill of a country like Morocco,\u201d he said. \u201cMorocco is a partner, but at the same time it has its own interests. This vulnerability was on show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">This weakness could become more of an issue as time passed, given Morocco\u2019s perception that the issue of Ceuta remained unsettled, Fabiani warned. \u201cAnd Morocco feels emboldened, and there is an administration in Washington that is willing to back it up,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t think Europe is ready for what comes next because it could get much more complicated.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-print-layout=\"hide\" class=\"dcr-swayiu\"><span class=\"dcr-1xhbmzr\">Explore more on these topics<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-2c03t5\">\n<ul class=\"dcr-p7nd18\">\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/world\/morocco\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">Morocco<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/us-foreign-policy\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">US foreign policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/world\/spain\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">Spain<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/world\/migration\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">Migration<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/world\/refugees\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">Refugees<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/world\/middleeast\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">Middle East and north Africa<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/tone\/news\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">news<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-313bdz\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=%E2%80%98Morocco%20feels%20emboldened%E2%80%99:%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20influence%20in%20spotlight%20after%20Ceuta%20disaster&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/aug\/06\/trump-influence-morocco-spotlight-ceuta-border-disaster?CMP=share_btn_url\" class=\"dcr-ncybeu\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-19bkree\"><a data-link-name=\"meta-syndication-article\" href=\"https:\/\/syndication.theguardian.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fworld%2F2026%2Faug%2F06%2Ftrump-influence-morocco-spotlight-ceuta-border-disaster&amp;type=article&amp;internalpagecode=world\/2026\/aug\/06\/trump-influence-morocco-spotlight-ceuta-border-disaster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"Reuse this content\" class=\"dcr-1c41onw\">Reuse this content<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"right-column\" class=\"dcr-1kq7f60\"><span class=\"dcr-1ryr20k\"><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morocco\u2019s foreign minister, Nasser Bourita, sits next to Donald Trump as he holds up the signed founding charter of his Board of Peace in January. 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