{"id":68456,"date":"2026-05-16T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/16\/the-townspeople-of-vilseck-germany-worry-that-trump-may-pull-out-5000-u-s-troops-npr\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T10:00:00","slug":"the-townspeople-of-vilseck-germany-worry-that-trump-may-pull-out-5000-u-s-troops-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/16\/the-townspeople-of-vilseck-germany-worry-that-trump-may-pull-out-5000-u-s-troops-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"The townspeople of Vilseck, Germany, worry that Trump may pull out 5,000 U.S. troops &#8211; NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxQUDlVWVpEWS1kS0ZpMDNucUhNcE4wVFdpZzZUbUdGM1g2dmRXVVRPdnRzaWp4WUpmVzN6enBxMUNrV0t4V2ZxY3RXcUI0MTdaM1VjUkVnN1hZMXZmRDRxd1JTSDFVWE5VTGlnZk9ReFpndG1IdmExQVdmN3QzOUZkNk1NTnVUSlJPQ3ZzNHg2cE1EZTYtN0FR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The townspeople of Vilseck, Germany, worry that Trump may pull out 5,000 U.S. troops<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NPR<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxQUXpyU2VCU3hyNXhjT3JaVXJ0UGdGMV9UeFEyNE1VNU1leFQ4Zno4X25Lem9UNVpyWk1PZUtqVU5ORld2QnNRSFhGempMY1RqdGZvTFUybDNtTktkZkxBRzFuTGRraFZWTUpZYzZrcDdFU29mdlNrLWEzYzFHTXlpaEllalVaN2l2am5hdmowbWV2SUpyRXY2NmF6OTdMeFgzbEM5bW1CMzhpOHF5cXRaMA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Germany\u2019s Little America Confronts the Specter of U.S. Troop Withdrawal<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">WSJ<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxNQ3FUWEFNQnFWb2ZKdjBVX1RuS0ZhMU9aeXFCajVMLXpUS1hBeTlILS1LTno3bnBoaW9FZjdyaldLMlZRaTdHRmdLcC1nZVZWcXRxRTltaHJwb1pjbGRNclVjU0ZoSHFLV1c5RW9fRDhkTk40ejF3VWI5N1FnZmxOYXpqV1pIT2p2aFpjdmkwLWF0b2toZlJ1enY2clZmWDROaEFsS2Y3eGs?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s Troop Drawdown in Germany Is a Warning Shot<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Bloomberg.com<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMia0FVX3lxTE5fSHNpVWZVLWJ6RW5fYUh6Um5PcFFJREkwSUhvUDR5UUlRSHFnRG9uTFBMZ3RXQkpBLWJHcUpuU3dJOGc3RU8wSDNiR2RaT2hRRGltVmM0dHNMOTBhNjlFUlVRX2tITk5pWmVv?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump&#8217;s troop withdrawals from Germany might backfire. Here&#8217;s why.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Responsible Statecraft<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxPZDVQYzJ4aS1PMHJhRm45Rzl5ZFZiRDZPeGU1VzNKTVdqbzBiVGR4RHk4YzRiM3lWV1pDd3hzUHFhVW1HM2tzZDh2bG5qeFo5dTJTN2ZkUURXbkhyZGJCTXZRTXR4U21pS3N6OFR1ZEE2MjFhRFQ0bUxkNDRQUVRCU3NpVFNLY3FyMVY3dVZDMThvM25YUHVUc3RmMmRrc1VfTFpDcy1UaWo?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Why Trump\u2019s call to pull 5,000 US troops from Germany will hurt America<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Conversation<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The townspeople of Vilseck, Germany, worry that Trump may pull out 5,000 U.S. troops&nbsp;&nbsp;NPR Germany\u2019s Little America Confronts the Specter of U.S. Troop Withdrawal&nbsp;&nbsp;WSJ Trump\u2019s&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/16\/the-townspeople-of-vilseck-germany-worry-that-trump-may-pull-out-5000-u-s-troops-npr\/\" 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-68456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68456","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=68456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68456\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}