Trump threatens to reduce troop numbers in Germany amid growing row with Nato allies

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p US president’s threat comes after Germany’s Friedrich Merz suggests Trump team is being outplayed in its negotiations with Iran /p p The US may reduce its number of troops deployed in Germany, Donald Trump has announced, days after the country’s chancellor said America was being “humiliated” by Iran. /p p In a post on his Truth Social platform, the US president said his administration was “study
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