{"id":55179,"date":"2026-04-30T17:28:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T17:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/30\/trumps-call-to-reduce-us-troops-in-germany-shocks-pentagon-politico\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T17:28:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T17:28:06","slug":"trumps-call-to-reduce-us-troops-in-germany-shocks-pentagon-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/30\/trumps-call-to-reduce-us-troops-in-germany-shocks-pentagon-politico\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s call to reduce US troops in Germany shocks Pentagon &#8211; Politico"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxPVDRDUVZYVktWcHJvdFpMY0pyYk5CNFZWVDFLc09TbnZWM09iQjk2S2FrQkpqRDhXREd2SXQ3d09scVZlV1puaENhd05lY2UxcVVWNzNpdEo4R3YyYjZKSllZcW1kU2owa2VhcldwRzVxQjB1cmNKVk05MXRZZkdUUFJ0azJ5ZTJuR0tITFFPWUw0TVpPNVluLTVn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s call to reduce US troops in Germany shocks Pentagon<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMid0FVX3lxTE1iUHRrYVpmM3VwSEdUell1SEtzeW9sVEFZYlJ2YnZzNlpiLXRzQ2ZsS2kzSWtQSjN6TEJXMjRING5fSUtibXAtX3ZYVVJ3RHlKSUtQNEk5TmFNemJwLS0yM2tVN3lzNXNPRG1JTkJOeWFMMGZhTlpV?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump threatens to pull some US troops from Germany amid spat over Iran war<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxQUS1JeHBld1B6UWtJQzVlTERDNlpNWnJncDZoYmQ5SDBoOFRDV2Z1X3lrRkNnNHp5M01WbzlfTXJPWjl3SUxxMk9lMUFSWk1TUUpRZF8taF9rY0tEZVA0ZVpLNno0TFZKZFNWNXk1UTRpaWV4cHhFaEZ1TDZQVl9yVlNoZzNnVVctUFBzeEhVRzZrZVY3bnEtcGpIdWFGZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Germany\u2019s Merz loses hard-won favor with Trump<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">politico.eu<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxPLWJXNnZLQUMzY1l5MFhlbGtVSE9VWjZaaWQyWTFkQzV3NzQzY1AtZVp4TmlndHlYcy1rNzNScHpxRUxjVGp4U0NZdHN2OEZjUEtueW5JVk5oUm9wU2JMRTJ6eW15UEpKT0hQQ0dGeVlaY2NBdUV2QkxLcUR4YVBva2l1V0pNYkdGT2hUUzVnR01KY3ZiQmZzTVNDRFRwLUlGc2Y00gGoAUFVX3lxTE5fUVZmZXo4ZEY2SFFFazN2QkRTd3NaX2hzaWw3b0pXMGRoN2xYeVpGNE4wcjkyelJVbFNtdU5Qa0ZYRXoxQUNidWNQYTdHVWpTYnRfV3VhcG96VE9yZVdjRThmUmhjUDdEVVI2djdoVmtza1V2ZzV3S3lmZWlkbjZEWlA2eEY0VmZWOGJZelVmaTZaNWcxUzA4V3h1Y0phcjNzdXRiSVowRw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump slams Germany\u2019s Merz again as rift over Iran war widens<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Al Jazeera<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxNMjZfZWI4NExpaVhBODRYdWFhQ25TREYzMVBCdE96Y0R2bENfSHFIeXdoSUdmUl8xUXZmMWRRTG1sZS1IYU8wOU9DVDJfQWhVa2ZjOVItemowc1h1Tmx2V00tYVo3NHQzMWlrLVVBY05nXzE0a0NUakVWY2J2Q0k3UVhDUDA0UzRrOVJHMjcySFI1Vnl4WXlRRm50RzRUMGs?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Why does the US have military bases in Germany \u2013 and will Trump follow through on his threat to cut numbers?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump\u2019s call to reduce US troops in Germany shocks Pentagon&nbsp;&nbsp;Politico Trump threatens to pull some US troops from Germany amid spat over Iran war&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN Germany\u2019s&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/30\/trumps-call-to-reduce-us-troops-in-germany-shocks-pentagon-politico\/\" 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-55179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55179","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=55179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}