Trump overvejer også tilbagetrækning af tropper fra Italien og Spanien

USA's præsident Donald Trump har truet med troppereduktioner i Italien og Spanien efter sin advarsel angående Tyskland. Årsagen er deres afvisning af at stille militærbaser til rådighed for Iran-krigen. Han tilkendegav, at han 'sandsynligvis' vil gennemføre et sådant tiltag.

En dag efter at han onsdag annoncerede, at han ville vurdere en tilbagetrækning af amerikanske tropper fra Tyskland, eskalerede præsident Donald Trump situationen. Da han blev spurgt, om han kunne forestille sig et lignende skridt i Italien og Spanien, svarede han: »Ja, sandsynligvis. Det vil jeg sandsynligvis gøre.«

Trump kritiserede Italien skarpt og udtalte, at landet ikke havde vist sig hjælpsomt over for USA. Om Spanien sagde han: »Forfærdeligt, absolut forfærdeligt«. USA var stødt på modstand i begge lande vedrørende brugen af militærbaser til Iran-krigen. Trump kritiserede også den tyske kansler Friedrich Merz og beskrev forholdet til den italienske premierminister Giorgia Meloni som anspændt, idet han hævdede, at hun ikke bekymrede sig om, »hvorvidt Iran har et atomvåben«.

Pr. midten af april rapporterer det amerikanske militær om cirka 86.000 soldater stationeret i Europa, heraf omkring 39.000 i Tyskland. Centrale baser som Ramstein Air Base i Rheinland-Pfalz fungerer som et centralt knudepunkt for Europa og Mellemøsten.

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