Trump Lashes Out at Merz After Threatening to Pull Troops From Germany Amid Escalating Row
President Donald Trump criticized German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for commenting on the U.S. approach to the Iran conflict, urging him to focus on the Russia-Ukraine war and domestic issues in Germany. Trump also threatened to reduce the U.S. military presence in Germany, which currently hosts the largest number of American troops in any foreign country outside Japan. The exchange highlights growing tensions between the U.S. and key European allies over foreign policy and military burden-sharing amid the ongoing Iran conflict.
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President Donald Trump has told German Chancellor Freidrich Merz to focus on the Russia-Ukraine conflict and matters within his own country rather than “interfering” with the Iran war. “The Chancellor of Germany 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,” said Trump. “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.”The President's Thursday morning remarks came hours after he warned he may pull troops from Germany.“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…
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