Amid the brewing diplomatic row between Germany and the United States, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on late Sunday that \u2019the US is and will remain Germany\u2019s most important partner\u2019 in Nato.<\/p>\n
Amid the brewing diplomatic row between Germany and the United States, German Chancellor \u201cWe share a common goal: Iran must not be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons,\u201d he said on the US social media platform X. The tension between the two nations escalated after Merz criticised the US for lacking an \u201cexit strategy\u201d in the Iran war while saying the Americans were \u201chumiliated\u201d by the Iranian regime during negotiations.<\/p>\n STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD<\/p>\n On Sunday, the German chancellor said that the US will not station \u201cThe Americans don\u2019t have enough for themselves right now. Objectively speaking, there is virtually no possibility of the US supplying weapons systems of this kind,\u201d Merz told public broadcaster ARD in an interview.<\/p>\n Trump has different plans<\/p>\n Earlier on Sunday, Trump said that the US plans to reduce its troop presence in Germany \u201ca lot further\u201d. \u201cWe\u2019re going to cut way down, and we\u2019re cutting a lot further than 5,000,\u201d he told reporters in Florida when asked about the move.<\/p>\n On Friday, the Pentagon initially announced that it would pull some Meanwhile, on Saturday, Germany\u2019s defence minister appeared to take in stride the news that 5,000 US troops would be leaving his country. However, he also emphasised that security cooperation benefited both sides of the trans-Atlantic partnership. \u201cThe presence of American soldiers in Europe, and especially in Germany, is in our interest and in the interest of the US,\u201d Pistorius told the German news agency dpa. The remarks from Merz indicate that Berlin is attempting to mend ties with Washington.<\/p>\n STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD<\/p>\n First Published: Home<\/a>World<\/a>Germany’s Merz says US ‘will remain\u2019 Berlin\u2019s important Nato partner as Trump pushes troop withdrawalEnd of Article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amid the brewing diplomatic row between Germany and the United States, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on late…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[18,9356,9204,9355,9360,9359,9361,9358,9357],"class_list":{"0":"post-10148","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-berlin","8":"tag-berlin","9":"tag-friedrich-merz-nato","10":"tag-germany-us-relations","11":"tag-germany-us-troop-withdrawal","12":"tag-iran-nuclear-tensions","13":"tag-tomahawk-missiles-germany","14":"tag-trans-atlantic-security-cooperation","15":"tag-trump-troop-reduction-germany","16":"tag-us-germany-diplomatic-row"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFriedrich Merz<\/a> said on late Sunday that \u201cthe US is and will remain Germany\u2019s most important partner\u201d in Nato. The remarks from Merz came after US President Donald Trump\u2019s administration announced the withdrawal of 5,000 troops from the European nation.<\/p>\n
\nTomahawk cruise missiles<\/a> in Germany for the time being, stressing that the decision was not linked to his criticism of President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n
\n5,000 troops<\/a> out of Germany. However, when asked about the reason behind the move, Trump didn\u2019t explain and said an even bigger reduction was coming.<\/p>\n
\nBoris Pistorius<\/a> said the drawdown, which Trump has threatened for years, was expected, and he said European nations needed to take on more responsibility for their own defence.<\/p>\n
\nMay 04, 2026, 08:08 IST<\/p>\n