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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Sam Levine

Republicans ‘concerned’ after Trump threatens to withdraw more US troops from Germany

Donald Trump and Friedrich Merz in bilateral meeting at the White House Oval Office
Donald Trump and the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, hold a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office at the White House on 3 March 2026. Photograph: Samuel Corum/EPA

Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw more US troops from Germany after stunning European leaders and some senior members of his own party by last week announcing the withdrawal of 5,000 soldiers from Germany.

The move left 30,000 US troops still in the country, according to CNN. But Trump threatened on Saturday that more cuts were coming. “We are going to cut way down, and we’re cutting a lot further than 5,000,” he told reporters on Saturday.

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