Germany’s defence minister Boris Pistorius has said it was “foreseeable” that the US would withdraw troops from Europe, as the transatlantic rift over the Iran war deepens.
“It was foreseeable that the US would withdraw troops from Europe, including Germany,” Mr Pistorius said in response to the decision.
The US president announced he was withdrawing 5,000 troops from Nato ally Germany following a war of words which erupted when German chancellor Friedrich Merz said the US was being “humiliated” by Iran and questioned its exit strategy from the war.
On Thursday, Mr Trump said his German counterpart has been “totally ineffective” in helping end the Ukraine war and should focus on “fixing his broken Country”.
Meanwhile, Mr Trump has declared he is “not satisfied” by the peace deals offered by Iran.
The Iranians are “trying to make a good deal [for them] and we’re not going to let that happen,” he added. “They’ve got to make a bad deal. Maybe we’re better off not making a deal at all”.
