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Germany troop cuts send wrong signal to Russia, say two top US Republicans Two senior US Republican lawmakers have criticised a decision by the Pentagon
troops still in the country, [according to CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/01/politics/us-troop-withdrawal-germany-trump-merz). But Trump threatened on Saturday that more cuts were coming. “We are going to cut way down, and we’re cutting a lot further
Pentagon abruptly announced a week ago that it was scrapping the 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
cut troop levels in Germany by 5,000 amid Trump spat with Merz The US Department of Defence plans to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany, amid a spat between US President Donald Trump
cuts in Italy, Spain:** The US president said he may pull US troops from Italy and Spain due to their opposition to the Iran war, a day after proposing a similar reduction in Germany
cut remains unclear amid contradictory statements from the White House. “I think it’s well understood in the alliance that the United States’ troop presence in Europe is going to be adjusted,” Rubio said after
cutting US troops in Europe won’t be easy Donald Trump has, over the past 48 hours, said that he is considering withdrawing American troops stationed in Germany, Italy and Spain, amid mounting tensions with
Pentagon. Efforts to end the [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran) war remained stalled after Trump said he was “not satisfied” with an Iranian proposal that would involve both sides lifting their blockades of the strait
troops. “All we see from the Pentagon are ‘smart bombs’ obliterating physical targets,” said the professor at The New School. “The human cost of war is almost invisible. This goes for Iranian suffering as well