\nIran war<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe United States is studying and reviewing the possible reduction of Troops in Germany, with a determination to be made over the next short period of time,\u201d Trump said on Truth Social.<\/p>\n
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What did Merz say?<\/p>\n
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday said Iran\u2019s leadership appears to be Speaking to students in the town of Marsberg, Merz said the situation reflects deeper strategic issues for the US, drawing parallels with past military engagements in Afghanistan and Iraq. He noted that conflicts are not only about entering but also about finding a way out, something he said has proven difficult for Washington in the past.<\/p>\n STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD<\/p>\n Merz observed that Iran has emerged stronger than expected and is negotiating \u201cvery skilfully\u201d, while the US has yet to present a convincing approach. He added that the Iranian leadership, particularly the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, appears to be gaining the upper hand.<\/p>\n What has Trump said?<\/p>\n Meanwhile, replying to Merz, Trump said the\u00a0German leader, saying he In a post on Truth Social, Trump accused Merz of taking a misguided stance on Iran\u2019s nuclear ambitions and defended his own approach to the issue.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, thinks it\u2019s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon. He doesn\u2019t know what he\u2019s talking about! If Iran had a Nuclear Weapon, the whole World would be held hostage. I am doing something with Iran, right now, that other Nations, or Presidents, should have done long ago,” the president wrote.<\/p>\n How many troops does US have in Germany?<\/p>\n The US had just \u200bover 68,000 active-duty military personnel assigned permanently in its overseas bases in Europe as of December 2025, data from the US Defense Manpower \u200bData Center (DMDC) shows.<\/p>\n More than half – about 36,400 – are based in Germany. That is a fraction of the 250,000 US troops \u2060that were based there in 1985, before the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War.<\/p>\n Major US bases in Germany include the Ramstein Air Base and the Grafenw\u00f6hr Training Area. The air base hosts over 16,200 personnel and contractors, while the training base is the largest training facility of the US in Europe.\u00a0<\/p>\n First Published: Home<\/a>World<\/a>Trump threatens Nato troops cut in Germany but America\u2019s war machine in Europe runs through BerlinEnd of Article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The US had just \u200bover 68,000 active-duty military personnel assigned permanently in its overseas bases in Europe and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[18,5,8578,1333,8579,8576,8577,92,8575,8574],"class_list":{"0":"post-8832","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-berlin","8":"tag-berlin","9":"tag-germany","10":"tag-germany-nato","11":"tag-iran-war","12":"tag-merz-on-iran-war","13":"tag-trump-to-reduce-us-troops-in-germany","14":"tag-trump-vs-merz","15":"tag-us","16":"tag-us-troops-germany","17":"tag-us-troops-in-germany"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8832","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=8832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201chumiliating\u201d the United States<\/a> in the ongoing conflict, warning that Washington lacks a clear strategy and a viable exit plan.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cdoesn\u2019t know what he\u2019s talking about.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\nApril 30, 2026, 13:38 IST<\/p>\n