Trump plans reducing American military contingent in Germany
Donald Trump, President of the US (photo: Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump has stated that Washington is considering reducing the American military contingent in Germany. A decision is planned for the near future, according to Trump's statement.
What is known
Trump wrote that the US is studying and reviewing a possible troop reduction in Germany. He provided no details regarding the scale of the possible reduction or the timeline.
This is not the first signal from the Trump administration regarding a review of the American military presence in Europe. Washington has repeatedly accused its NATO allies of insufficient defense spending.
Trump's phone call with Putin was preceded by a meeting between the US president and King Charles III of the UK. According to lip-reading expert Nicola Hickling, in the first minutes of the conversation, Trump told the monarch that Vladimir Putin wants war.
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