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withdraw 5,000 active-duty troops from Nato ally Germany in the next six to 12 months,** fulfilling his earlier threats after clashing with German chancellor **Friedrich Merz** over the Iran war. Earlier this week
troops who were then stationed in Germany, but he didn't start the process and Democratic President Joe Biden formally stopped the planned withdrawal soon after taking office in 2021. The mercurial U.S. leader
withdrawing from Germany or a separate group. He has also been critical of Washington's Nato allies for their unwillingness to join the US in pressuring Iran over the Strait of Hormuz. Trump's announcement
NATO's future is entering its most uncertain period since the Cold War. Loading... ### The United States announces plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Germany Late last month, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said publicly that
plans to withdraw troops have “no connection” to the rift with Donald Trump over his strategy in Iran. “I remain convinced that the Americans are the most important partner for us in the North Atlantic
plan to withdraw 5,000 troops form Germany - an order which has been attributed to Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth. Germany's defence minister said the [Pentagon decision was "foreseeable"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd9pn541jjlo). The US military
planned deployment of 4,000 troops to Poland. Earlier this month, Trump announced he was [withdrawing](/news/2026/5/1/us-said-to-be-withdrawing-5000-troops-from-germany-over-iran-war-spat) 5,000 troops from Germany following a spat with Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who said Washington had been “humiliated
planned troop withdrawal from Germany, the EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said there had been talk about withdrawal of US troops for a long time from Europe but that “the timing of this
withdraw](/news/2026/5/1/us-said-to-be-withdrawing-5000-troops-from-germany-over-iran-war-spat) about 5,000 troops from Germany, a key partner in the Western security alliance, amid tensions over the war on Iran. In a statement on Saturday, NATO spokesperson Allison Hart said the bloc
withdrawal of troops, Trump said: "We're going to cut way down, and we're cutting a lot further than 5,000." Trump has also suggested pulling US troops from Italy and Spain. Last year
troop presence in Romania, as part of Trump's plan to shift the focus of US military commitment from Europe to the Indo-Pacific region. There are now growing concerns within the 32-member Nato
troops from Germany in 2020, citing inadequate German defense spending. That effort did not get off the ground and was formally reversed by President Biden shortly after he took office in 2021. ### [World](https://www.npr.org
Trump quickly responded, saying Merz “doesn’t know what he’s talking about”, and soon after raised the possibility of troop withdrawals. The Nato spokesperson, Allison Hart, said on Saturday that the alliance was “working
plans to [withdraw 5,000 soldiers from Germany](/news/2026/5/1/us-said-to-be-withdrawing-5000-troops-from-germany-over-iran-war-spat). Trump has grown increasingly [frustrated with NATO allies](/news/2026/4/9/trump-slams-nato-over-iran-after-meeting-rutte-renews-greenland-threat), accusing them of not doing enough to support the US-Israel war on Iran. Speaking on Monday
plan on how to use the EU’s little-known mutual assistance pact in the event of a foreign attack, as Donald Trump’s criticism of [Nato](https://www.theguardian.com/world/nato) intensifies. EU leaders have agreed
plan B for if someone is shooting, then how do you reopen the straits?” Rubio said. “I don’t know if that would be a Nato mission necessarily, but it would certainly be Nato countries
withdrawal. The move would return troop numbers roughly to levels last seen before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, meaning the operational impact may be limited. More consequential, analysts say, could
plans to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany, amid a spat between US President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the war with Iran. The decision comes a day after Trump criticised Merz
plan reportedly calls for the lifting of the US naval blockade, war reparations, and the release of all frozen assets. It also seeks a 30-day window to finalise the terms of their peace
NATO for the alliance's refusal to assist the U.S. in its two-month-old war. [![Iranian worshippers perform their Friday prayers under the portraits of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (second