Posted on 05/02/2026 5:39:27 AM PDT by V_TWIN
Pentagon officials revealed Friday that 5,000 US troops will be pulled out of Germany amid the rift between Berlin and President Trump over the Iran war.
“The Secretary of War has ordered the withdrawal of approximately 5,000 troops from Germany,” chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement.
“This decision follows a thorough review of the Department’s force posture in Europe and is in recognition of theater requirements and conditions on the ground,” he added.
Describing recent German rhetoric about the war as “inappropriate and unhelpful,” a senior Pentagon official told Reuters “the president is rightly reacting to these counterproductive remarks.”
described the Iran war as a “disastrous mistake,” accusing the US of violating international law.
In response to Merz’s criticism, Trump fumed on Truth Social that the chancellor “should spend more time on ending the war with Russia/Ukraine (Where he has been totally ineffective!), and fixing his broken Country, especially Immigration and Energy, and less time on interfering with those that are getting rid of the Iran Nuclear threat, thereby making the World, including Germany, a safer place!”
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Bring them all home. Germany and the whole of Europe are nothing but ingrates.
I am 100% for that.
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