Trump threatens to withdraw troops from Italy and Spain
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- People in masks depicting Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, and US President Donald Trump at a Labour day rally in Turin on 1 May.
- Prefer the Guardian on GoogleDonald Trump has threatened to withdraw US troops from Italy and Spain a day after saying he was looking at reducing the number deployed in Germany.
- The US president’s threat to Germany came after the country’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said America was being “humiliated” by Iran.
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People in masks depicting Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, and US President Donald Trump at a Labour day rally in Turin on 1 May. Photograph: Alessandro Di Marco/EPAView image in fullscreen People in masks depicting Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, and US President Donald Trump at a Labour day rally in Turin on 1 May. Photograph: Alessandro Di Marco/EPAUS news Trump threatens to withdraw troops from Italy and Spain US president says European countries are ‘absolutely horrible’ to refuse to support operations in strait of Hormuz
Prefer the Guardian on GoogleDonald Trump has threatened to withdraw US troops from Italy and Spain a day after saying he was looking at reducing the number deployed in Germany.
The US president’s threat to Germany came after the country’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said America was being “humiliated” by Iran.