US "studying and reviewing" possibility of reducing troops in Germany, Trump says
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- Trump signals possible reduction of US forces stationed in Germany.
- Row follows comments on Iran and tension over NATO burden-sharing.
US President Donald Trump said that the United States is reviewing the possibility of reducing the number of troops in Germany, a day after saying German Chancellor Friedrich Merz “doesn’t know what he’s talking about” on Iran.
“The United States is studying and reviewing the possible reduction of Troops in Germany, with a determination to be made over the next short period of time,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Wednesday.
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Merz had said earlier this week that the United States was “being humiliated” by Iran. On Wednesday, before Trump’s latest Truth Social post, the chancellor said his relationship with the American president remains “good.”
Trump has scorned European allies and the NATO alliance for what he sees as insufficient help in the US-Israeli war against Iran. Germany is home to Ramstein Air Base, which is the headquarters for US Air Forces in Europe, including the unit that does “airlift, airdrop and aeromedical evacuation operations”, and a North Atlantic Treaty Organization installation, according to its website.
