{"id":71728,"date":"2026-05-20T13:49:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/20\/rutte-shrugs-off-shrinking-us-military-presence-in-europe-as-expected-politico-eu\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T13:49:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:49:51","slug":"rutte-shrugs-off-shrinking-us-military-presence-in-europe-as-expected-politico-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/20\/rutte-shrugs-off-shrinking-us-military-presence-in-europe-as-expected-politico-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"Rutte shrugs off shrinking US military presence in Europe as \u2018expected\u2019 &#8211; politico.eu"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxQSjh4NDFEcjNrRjdJTXNWZEJ1UWk3UzBCZkozQkEtLXlCQXhzLUxQS2ItTElfQTNxYzBaRGN6cGIyU3VwV3daYlhZc3JiTEk5UEdkVGhqcmc4eHRWWVQ5VkhTakhib09zRFNqR0luTjVmR3AzWUNKTDhBd3VuaFVtUHpn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Rutte shrugs off shrinking US military presence in Europe as \u2018expected\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">politico.eu<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxONWx0bm16cDVmZmVQLXpvVkhoazNGX0xPaGo1SzlRUG0xY256Q2wtbUpTS0VqSGY1YTBBaV96ZXFFUnVqSEJGdUFGNVB6NWlhVGJNTEY5Mlk2UUt3OXdwTk5DNENuZWJrb3JDaEt5Q05OR2lheXV1Ylk4OWE5dWRfVkFtX3ZTODlVRzYtTlowUDlxSFRVWGdQSjRvTElqTTJaa1ZueUpvMkU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Exclusive: US plans to shrink forces available to NATO during crises, sources say<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixgFBVV95cUxOTngzV3BZZnhwNXlPYk5MdVBNVGtucFU2U3hEU1lxUU9UaWtNdlp6SnVxdEc1X2M3Y3VQRXRMUjAyZUJMYzNUM0VuQnUwLTE1cjJLWUZXUVRCTWFwNTNWNFlLUVFWSE90UjVUWW1ZbkdjVlY0eFVKeVhEQlBTMnFYbFI2aTM1RzRnOWh3bnNKb2dHWEVxZklTZnlKLVd3YXFfYndZNTQzQ1V3SVpiRm1xWEVKYmU1VVV1WEdKRE50UUFkUW1hbmc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">More US troop withdrawals from Europe expected, NATO commander says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Military Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxNdmc5SXlYanV1T2Q1WFRsWGI1RUNiSmx3TlU5enVDcGxVZGdYRzZwbGFZNDVBNTk1bjhaSUwyOVZsazN4U1d0bjg2LVdiVDB2QVhHSDFIRkhMZlF0ZUxONkF4QWplNG95SUM5REZ5cVQzMnA1RGkzeEtRa0RKaDlHZk5aZzdwdjIyT3YwWEx5a9IBjwFBVV95cUxQZEZRQ1VTN3BtV3J5Wm1fcm1XWEVWbWZSczJJamFaUF9hYTU1S0pYeWxOclBDOXFUckw3NkZHbHhaQnFHZDRkdkNncnpscFFuMm50RFpLUG1MRTNfOEJwSFJYMy1HeFlwLUd6QXZXeHcyZFJsd1FJdS1kQjh1ZWt4aTUtMW1pZXFwTEdFS3k0aw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">US troop withdrawal from Europe to take &#8216;years&#8217; \u2014 general<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">DW.com<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxObGYxanJRMVptZjhEcDJfTXdpMkJpRHFmWDJFcWgwblNRS1R4VVNuUzUwX0lFN1hrVXdsYXFxMXFhUjZuMHdwNVNDYWpmUzRabDhocjVMZ01sNmpVV2c3TFp2bTNsekZWMkhtNVl0UHhydThrSU9ESVpWZTB5UE94U212UkZ6cS1GUEV1UFUydUVmcC1wblpVRTB0UzhXZFJIVEhGQU0wTnFXek0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">US planning to reduce commitment to NATO \u2013 including in wartime<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Euronews.com<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rutte shrugs off shrinking US military presence in Europe as \u2018expected\u2019&nbsp;&nbsp;politico.eu Exclusive: US plans to shrink forces available to NATO during crises, sources say&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters More&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/20\/rutte-shrugs-off-shrinking-us-military-presence-in-europe-as-expected-politico-eu\/\" 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-71728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71728","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=71728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}