{"id":56509,"date":"2026-05-02T08:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T08:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/02\/us-to-cut-troop-levels-in-germany-by-5000-amid-trump-spat-with-merz-bbc\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T08:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T08:14:09","slug":"us-to-cut-troop-levels-in-germany-by-5000-amid-trump-spat-with-merz-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/02\/us-to-cut-troop-levels-in-germany-by-5000-amid-trump-spat-with-merz-bbc\/","title":{"rendered":"US to cut troop levels in Germany by 5,000 amid Trump spat with Merz &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE9LZEdLTVlrWk9vblFjWmloaHE2WFVGOTNZVmtRY2dNVFJ6U2ZJVUVOWWtpQ3V3RDVsUFozdnVYdVNudkp6YzhDM3ZKU09PVEVvaEtyM3Q1ZFdUUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">US to cut troop levels in Germany by 5,000 amid Trump spat with Merz<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">BBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxPYTc1WFVtSHh3WVRaNE1DOTkzM09zVV90SEVLN25qVGhnZU1yTm80b1FzU3JOVk5yQXBGOUtFdVMycGh2UXgxSWFmSmZBYi14cTE0d1VndXIyd3p1TjUyTkUyaW9yYVN2VlkyS3ZaNHJDR0prYUc1QnhyYWppaGJrYmZ4VlQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">US withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany after chancellor criticized war with Iran<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxQVEhnNDdhbmdPMjVzOXRBOHVqaXJiai1JMGFXaU1vYzdUdlV6aEdBR3lGSmsweEE5RXByNmtvVTdOWEFQT29WN21KOVVnRVU1TXNrMDA1a1I5VHRZZGFBQTA2bU5OcW1zcWU0OUQxcG1ORWV4MllLZlhPUUFrdDR2OW4yNDNoOHdvZDhWckJDOFl1azN6V3lZVFpMVWJqUVpvX2hLZHFSbE0zaGNvVVpCdHNYSGM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">German Minister Says Europe Must Take More Onus on Security: DPA<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Bloomberg.com<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxOd3BhaWVwMFBSdWo0MG1uNHVIOTA5OFZBZW9hX3RvakhtYXN6dnV5NWNKMmFIV1ZIN0xfNzdyZlgxMk9KYmN1ZGlKeFBaM3ZVS29DU2dtbWNkRkpZRjBRWTVUdW84cFlvOEhfRXFEVVUyM0l3Q0lTcFJWUGxFU1VjaXFaOVE0R2tMeHcyWWFoTTNSMzg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump to downsize U.S. military presence in Germany<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxPalgydklkSTdkMmoyUmsyS1kwU0pqV1d6OERzS2N2aXdhelNTUS1QM0loRzVnMzJKS0M0VFd6UkVDdVNPX0J6MUtzcEh1X0pYZlBNWlpYY1o0cFNPdkMzWWZJc1d6OGlJREczVmpkeThEbHJEOWxiMHVpdU1lS3BDRFRKRVhHTUgtemVsVHlDOEdnQTN3NU5Ic19nSk8yWlMxdHpScUpiUXNfVmNL0gGyAUFVX3lxTE1vcWgybF84Z3lfbHVMSW9MdWQ2OHJKWUZXZGdwMlZVWDlBMXNjOWpWa0lqMkcxWHZ0aFlLcUUwTlhyQXhQNDRKRW9wYUUxN3lySWw0QnlvUzBBR2R1N1hxMDJWT1J5R1c1NWZGblMwczBwV01ReGJQcFRpNHdJbFZtQy1nS0UySXM2X2pqQkxFVVh0NlVuazZ4N1NhaExiNUxQbG41Q2hGbk1fbFduQms4eHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Pentagon orders withdrawal of 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany as Trump escalates feud with Merz<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Fox News<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US to cut troop levels in Germany by 5,000 amid Trump spat with Merz&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC US withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany after chancellor criticized war with&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/02\/us-to-cut-troop-levels-in-germany-by-5000-amid-trump-spat-with-merz-bbc\/\" 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-56509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56509","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=56509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56509\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}