Trump weighing US troop reduction in Germany after Merz’s Iran war criticism

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President Donald Trump is considering reducing U.S. troops in Germany after a spat with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz earlier this week.

“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 in a post on Truth Social.

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