{"id":55022,"date":"2026-04-30T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T07:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/30\/trump-threatens-to-reduce-us-troop-numbers-in-germany-after-clash-with-merz-the-independent\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T07:20:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T07:20:00","slug":"trump-threatens-to-reduce-us-troop-numbers-in-germany-after-clash-with-merz-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/30\/trump-threatens-to-reduce-us-troop-numbers-in-germany-after-clash-with-merz-the-independent\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump threatens to reduce US troop numbers in Germany after clash with Merz &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxOQ1VwZ0lldnM5dzZFRTE3bjFhczZtRGozSW5yNkxhcnh4M2stbGxmQV9BRkZvMllMU2FOQjdVX0JabGdPRUU0UXFfaFFsVTRUV2E0eVUyNFVJQmZ6UFg4QXZuX3BUZVVtc0xVZzhiNFhmS3VoVUNnZHR4cUh5VDhNWXJYZDZFd0loNFgteG5RS2FudWZjT29vakk2SlpiSmI5eXZQUVN3WQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump threatens to reduce US troop numbers in Germany after clash with Merz<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Independent<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxNcFBNX01HZnJkU2pueHBmWDFKazlkbXptLVk3a29QcnRucXpocEJ6QzZoTTFpejZYc3FTMVpSYVlaYVV2blk5elFpeHQ0dnpkWFk2eURmT3JOTlBua21pNU9pSElRYXV3bjYtZVZCYlFEeXJNWUsxZmNVOXlFUzMzWFhnWUlsWDZJQmJGSHN3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump May Pull Troops From Germany. That Isn\u2019t as Scary as It Once Was.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxPWjdERFlCZlpUOGpNSy1Semg3alZjVFQyNlJPZ3NQb25YVDF6NnZRNGotNWx2c1J3d1RxVDk2MlhlMVFncGdrV0Fnd1poSlc5R1RPZXUtZWVFejZFemZ6RnlLWTRhbWxrSzZNdWVEVkIzODJaZHZGMFd4SXJJekJHMUYxM3g?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump continues broadsides against Germany&#8217;s Merz over Iran<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxQS3lheWRCT29JT0dPWVZJYUI1ZW8yaGdHUGNnaHhVNmFCaFNoNHpvTmVYVzFUdjN2TU9tZURQeTkxTFk0d0VhMUxydXZ3VjBHLTMzWHFtLTdlTEtZU1RHMEp0dXlnZXRkVDdsNUJPNWhaaC1LLU1ySG5OWGsySWlFR0t5d2hBUUVnLXdlODlFUEZGVENRdnZzUnBuWHAzbnREMVZQTtIBqgFBVV95cUxPcnk3bU12b04zZk1JcjVfclhpNDdXZlZ3eG9mTzBrSTZyVTFXbXpZRHRUbTRTUFVMNHBTX1BuQ3JtZ1BONkkxbXFCUzNoSU4tUmFVNFBFX09pSXExZEFSaHlqSUI4UV9PTTRhR2hvVmRITmJhZTBjd190ZEFKSDR5WjIxR29ZRWxfMkdLUEdlZkZyX0JmN1JMWHJsWjlFNHMxTUZlTFBkUHRidw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump weighs pulling US troops from Germany amid clash with chancellor over Iran war<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Fox News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxNQjU3VmFCa3EwSGZjUnpqRGstUm1SamVkRHlxeF9vR0k4WlBvY1ZSX2lVdktualpSdXNidFRIMHdNODRpUG92VUxocjlOTDhqeEZYODU1Zm1ybjB6SjNIVUxpRHJDd29RMmlwUW1EeHpndnhDQUN4Um1Yb3RseWFCYURZTVhyb1ZEV2hMTEhnTGR3d1dvWm9DY2cyWFl5bjg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Petty Trump Throws Tantrum After Being Humiliated by Key U.S. Ally<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Daily Beast<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump threatens to reduce US troop numbers in Germany after clash with Merz&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent Trump May Pull Troops From Germany. That Isn\u2019t as Scary as&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/30\/trump-threatens-to-reduce-us-troop-numbers-in-germany-after-clash-with-merz-the-independent\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55022\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}