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President Donald Trump has pulled 5,000 troops from Germany. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated that Iranian leaders had “negotiating very skilfully, denouncing the lack of a US exit strategy.”
President Donald Trump has announced the withdrawal of 5,000 troops from Germany, leading to concerns that NATO could be at risk of “disintegrating,” according to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Germany’s defence minister Boris Pistorius stated that “Europeans must take greater responsibility for their own security” following the troop pullout.
Following the withdrawal of 5,000 troops from Germany, Germany’s defence minister Boris Pistorius has stated that Europeans must take greater responsibility for their own security. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned that NATO is “disintegrating” and urged members to act to reverse this trend.
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President Donald Trump has pulled 5,000 troops from Germany (Picture: AP)
Nato is at risk of ‘disintegrating’ after Donald Trump pulls 5,000 troops out of Germany following arguments over the Iran war.
The US President has repeatedly lashed out at German chancellor Friedrich Merz over claims the US had been ‘humiliated’.
Merz said Iranian leaders were ‘negotiating very skilfully, denouncing the lack of a US exit strategy’ and had humiliated the US when it got officials to travel to Pakistan for talks with no real result at the end.
In a rant on Truth Social, Trump then accused Merz of tolerating a nuclear-armed Iran, telling him he needed to ‘fix his broken country’.
Following this Germany’s defence minister Boris Pistorius has said Europeans must take greater responsibility for their own security.
Poland’s prime minister Donald Tusk warned Nato is ‘disintegrating’.
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He wrote on social media: ‘The greatest threat to the transatlantic community are not its external enemies, but the ongoing disintegration of our alliance.
‘We must all do what it takes to reverse this disastrous trend.’
A NATO spokesperson said the alliance was working with the US to understand the details of the decision.
Merz is among many European heads who have been on the receiving end of Trump’s rants.
Even UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer was told he was no ‘Winston Churchill’ after he would not let the US use British bases for Iranian attacks at first.
Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom stand together at the start of the E-3 meeting, during the Munich Security Conference, on February 13, 2026 in Munich. Heads of state and government as well as foreign and defence ministers from all over the world are expected to attend the security policy talks from February 13 to 15, 2026. (Photo by Kay Nietfeld / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)” decoding=”async” loading=”lazy”/>
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, France’s President Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdo (Picture: AFP)
Starmer also said he did not support a Nato operation in the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump has said for years about reducing the American military presence in Germany, and has railed against Nato for its refusal to assist Washington in the war, which began on February 28 with US-Israeli strikes on Iran.
Mr Trump wrote Wednesday on social media that the US was reviewing possible troop reductions in Germany, with a “determination” to be made soon.
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