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Trump orders withdrawal of 5,000 US troops from Germany amid Trump-Merz clash over Iran
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President Donald Trump, via Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has ordered the withdrawal of approximately 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany due to European allies' insufficient support for U.S. operations against Iran, including reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced the move follows a force posture review and will occur over six to twelve months, primarily affecting a brigade combat team and halting a planned long-range fires battalion deployment. The decision fulfills prior threats and escalates tensions with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz over Iran's nuclear ambitions and the ongoing conflict.
Unknown assailants verbally and physically attacked two German soldiers from the operational NATO headquarters in Brunssum. The attackers chanted slogans against NATO.
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Amid the ongoing Strait of Hormuz crisis, Germany's navy has taken concrete steps following earlier planning: the minehunter “Fulda” departed Kiel-Wik for the Mediterranean, and supply ship “Mosel” is being pulled from a NATO Aegean mission to support it. Both will join NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2, ready for potential strait deployment pending Bundestag approval.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday amid rising tensions over the alliance. Trump has threatened to leave NATO due to European allies' disapproval of his war on Iran. Rutte aims to persuade him otherwise, focusing on shared benefits like increased defense spending.
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The New York Times said it would run a correction after a headline in its Friday print edition misstated NATO’s full name, drawing online reactions from journalists, former Trump administration officials and President Donald Trump.
In the escalating U.S.-Iran conflict—sparked by Iranian tanker attacks, U.S. strikes on nuclear sites, and threats to close the Strait of Hormuz—President Donald Trump warned on Sunday that NATO's future could be endangered if allies refuse to assist in securing the vital waterway, through which 20% of global oil passes. Trump said he is reaching out to NATO members and other nations to help police the strait amid Iran's vows to keep it closed.
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Finland's government proposes lifting the current ban on nuclear weapons on Finnish territory as soon as possible to strengthen the country's security as a NATO member. Defense Minister Antti Häkkänen emphasizes that the change applies only to military defense and does not involve plans to station nuclear weapons in the country. In Sweden, a survey shows that a majority of parliamentary parties support contributing to European nuclear deterrence.
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