US said to be withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany over Iran war spat
Key takeaways
- President Donald Trump has feuded with European allies over their reluctance to step up support for war on Iran.
- Reuters reported that the Pentagon made the decision on Friday, several days after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that Iran was humiliating the US during negotiations over the end of the war.
- “The president is rightly reacting to these counterproductive remarks,” the report cites an anonymous official as saying.
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President Donald Trump has feuded with European allies over their reluctance to step up support for war on Iran.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Soldiers look out from a window on the day US Vice President JD Vance stopped at Ramstein airbase in Germany, on April 24, 2025 [Kenny Holston/Pool via Reuters]By Al Jazeera Staff and Reuters Published On 1 May 20261 May 2026The United States military has said that it will pull 5,000 troops out of Germany amid ongoing tensions with the key European ally concerning the US war against Iran, according to media reports.
Reuters reported that the Pentagon made the decision on Friday, several days after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that Iran was humiliating the US during negotiations over the end of the war.