Trump threatens Germany with US troop reduction after Merz’s Iran war criticism – Europe live
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p US president’s statement follows comments by German chancellor that the US was being ‘humiliated’ in conflict /p p Not that it matters for Trump, but strong Merz isn’t /strong em strong exactly /strong /em strong wrong pointing to the Iran war as at least one of the reasons why the German economy is performing a bit worse than expected. /strong /p p Just this morning, Germany recorded 0.3% growt
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Key names and topics in this story: Trump, Germany, Merz, Iran.
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