Trump-Morocco Alliance Under Scrutiny After 70,000-Crossing Ceuta Border Crisis

Morocco named a $1 billion Western Sahara highway after Donald Trump, who reaffirmed U.S. recognition of Moroccan sovereignty there. After 70,000 people crossed into Spain's Ceuta enclave in July 2026, leaving 57 dead, the International Crisis Group's Fabiani said evidence suggests Morocco deliberately allowed the crisis, possibly to curry favor with Trump. The U.S. blamed Spain, not Morocco.