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From left, Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte, Ukraine's Minister of Defense Mykhailo Fedorov, Germany's Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius and Britain's Secretary of Defense John Healey meet at the Ukraine Contact Group meeting in front of the Federal Ministry of Defense in Berlin, Wednesday April 15, 2026.
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President Donald Trump said the U.S. is going to significantly reduce its troop presence in Germany, escalating a dispute with Germany’s leader as he seeks to scale back America’s commitment to European security. The Pentagon on Friday had initially announced it would be pulling some 5,000 troops out of Germany, but when asked Saturday about the reason for the move, Trump didn’t offer an explanation but said a bigger reduction was coming.
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