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Trump threatens Germany with US troop reduction after Merz’s Iran war criticism – Europe live

threatened to reduce the number of troops deployed in Germany last night, after chancellor [Friedrich Merz](https://www.theguardian.com/world/friedrich-merz) said this week that the US was being “humilitated” by Iran.** ![US president Donald Trump

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

threatens to reduce troop numbers in Germany amid growing row with Nato allies The US may reduce its number of troops deployed in Germany, [Donald Trump

US 'studying' whether to reduce troops in Germany, Trump says

Trump's suggestion that he could reduce US troops in Germany. Over the past two months, the US president has repeatedly threatened

Why are anti-war protests in the West muted on Iran?

Trump administration, hundreds of student visas were revoked, student protesters were abducted by ICE, and universities threatened with funding cuts if they did not crack down on demonstrations. ![A woman is carried away by police

The little-known clause that Europe’s security may now depend on

Trump [threatened to invade Greenland](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/05/trump-must-give-up-fantasies-about-annexation-says-greenland-pm) – and Denmark, a Nato member state, took the threat seriously enough to prepare for war, [sending explosives and bloodbags](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/19/denmark-prepared-for-us-attack-donald-trump-greenland) to its largely autonomous territory