US to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/us/politics/us-troops-germany.html
U.S. to Withdraw 5,000 Troops From Germany, Pentagon Says
Officials announced the decision after President Trump expressed annoyance with the German chancellor’s remarks about the Iran war.That's about one-seventh of US troops stationed there.
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For those who missed the comments:
"The Iranians are clearly stronger than expected and the Americans clearly have no truly convincing strategy in the negotiations either," Merz said during a school visit in Marsberg, a town in his home region of Sauerland.
"The problem with conflicts like this is always: you don't just have to get in, you have to get out again. We saw that very painfully in Afghanistan for 20 years. We saw it in Iraq."
"At the moment, I do not see what strategic exit the Americans will choose, especially since the Iranians are clearly negotiating very skillfully — or very skillfully not negotiating," he said.
Merz added that "an entire nation is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership, particularly by the so-called Revolutionary Guards."
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I should add the humiliation is partly or even mostly Trump’s own doing - specifically his verbal flailing on the GoH and the way he’s made it so obvious how painful higher oil prices are for him politically. He’s communicating weakness and the Iranians (and the rest of the world) know it.
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