Article 75B5T US withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany after Merz says US ‘humiliated’ by Iran

US withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany after Merz says US ‘humiliated’ by Iran

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The US is withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany, the Pentagon announced on Friday, as Donald Trump also threatened Italy and Spain for not helping to reopen the strait of Hormuz.

The president's move to reduce the number of personnel deployed in Germany came after the country's chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said the US was being humiliated" by Iran.

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