Germany says US troop withdrawal 'foreseeable'
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After Chancellor Friedrich Merz upset President Trump with criticism of the war, he offered no public sign he believed Mr. Trump’s threats to pull troops were serious.
NATO said it was working to understand details of the plan to draw down about 5,000 troops, which coincides with a feud between the president and the German chancellor.
While much of the rest of the developed world is swimming in too much debt, Germany is having trouble using just a tiny bit more.
President Donald Trump has floated a new threat that the United States could reduce its military presence in Germany, a key NATO ally and the European Union’s largest economy
In Bremerhaven on Germany’s North Sea coast, Europe’s largest car port is getting a €1.35 billion ($1.6 billion) upgrade. The state-funded investment is not for exporting more Mercedes-Benz and VW vehicles,
The Pentagon said on Friday the US will be withdrawing roughly 5,000 troops from Germany over the next year. The move, which comes after President Donald Trump lashed out the German chancellor over his criticism of the US war with Iran, would still leave more than 30,000 US troops in the country.