Trump Reviewing Troop Levels in Germany as Iran Strains Ties (1)

President Donald Trump said the US is reviewing its troop levels in Germany and will decide soon whether to reduce that number, escalating tensions with a top NATO ally over the war in Iran.

“The 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,” Trump said in a social media post Wednesday.

Washington and Berlin are increasingly at odds over the war, which the United States and Israel launched at the end of February. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said earlier this week American ...