{"id":642952,"date":"2026-05-02T11:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T11:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/642952\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T11:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T11:58:08","slug":"us-to-cut-troop-levels-in-germany-by-5000-amid-trump-spat-with-merz-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/642952\/","title":{"rendered":"US to cut troop levels in Germany by 5,000 amid Trump spat with Merz &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE9LZEdLTVlrWk9vblFjWmloaHE2WFVGOTNZVmtRY2dNVFJ6U2ZJVUVOWWtpQ3V3RDVsUFozdnVYdVNudkp6YzhDM3ZKU09PVEVvaEtyM3Q1ZFdUUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US to cut troop levels in Germany by 5,000 amid Trump spat with Merz<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxNRWZFb0F0LUYxeVE0ZUMyWVFBVEs5R2Z6MFhhOWZfUFJrS1otOTYyZUlYZU9ibG1oRlJockU2dkFzZzUxYkJxNFpFdjUtazRPbTVPcV96MVVxTi1aOXRJalRRN041bkM4LTMtbFFuVHgxVUxYcGtEaGY5cW54NDhEZVMyR2o4a0h1Q2ttUG9nZTRWeDhuUEIyS3pjOUR6c0NwMlHSAacBQVVfeXFMT0ltMjRCeWwxY0JnLWlONFR0dzNocFd3cTRYZFVmb2R3WjViSTZkTjV2MDlDdzM5ZUNxQzZjOUQ5dC1fMHJneE4ybUladHFCNkYtQzFISzFrYUoxbDMyVkgwaE1RUTljR19yU1RYVUJEMGJwOWlSRFJuajNzQ0w5eTg3cDI0U3BlcGtWcVVSM1ZrdFA1dkVnLVZTU2ZPckhURXd3cXRuejA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Germany urges stronger European defense after U.S. reduces troops<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxPbWE2TEFJMEtiMEtuUmFMRXpxbFFxeXJCbkFTN3lER01zNGVDbFNrd3hncUV5NVFodF9QaE9BeVVVRm9YaEtEeHpxN1NrQm1yUHl4elVyWGtVWVQxR0RFOFFWSmtzUV9GNkkyZlZ4SDNuNlR2SVBpWUNrdlRhN1VTa0p0RQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">U.S. withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany, Pentagon announces<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxNMjJRN1h0TE1HTjNHTjdkV2ZsSnZya05kRmxkMllUMGdkZWRtbFhBRXRLQldXODZjMll3elRVUFNtUTB3NU1TVnVTdWpKenVPdHZZYTNVeUZ3WUdoRVZzVWJHSEk1UDhzTU13QkFRRVYyZUJjVXBoZEYtWl80RE5VaDA1RTFfdFFQUEZwZHE3VzFqNElkUUFoenpoZ0RoSDlobjdSTGhNSFU3bDduR1HSAbMBQVVfeXFMTjdkTjRNYzlSM2V4Mi1yTGtPb1RSMmZveGFCLUpmLXc3QzNCTFR3XzV0VlFycmxxNWJSZTItc3pMVXQxemdBVEVYbU9fY2xrNnJwWmZUTkdremlXWjAydndZRHZkLTIxLUVxZmZGMWppWnVJSjE2VWxlMWNJVFE0REE0V0MxT3NPWmZmNjlWTzd6N0NxMmJTZy0tOEtZRzd0cm1mTDlFUWVTNUY4a0JQR0NpSFU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany over Iran war spat<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Al Jazeera<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1AFBVV95cUxPdjRHb0MybGVuRnA1Nk5xdktZUzFmbkg3WWxqT2J0T3RLcUxLdjFlMnZmRjRmazM5RzJWa0tLTFhiNEtNVUtqRVh4dllPNkpVTndocnBhTmJxd1NrdXlWbmpYOGVmTlRhU1lNZUs5RmRBS19wYjB5M3BCdXM4c2ZYQnJON0pBZmtnTUNWTk1JX1JqY3NvZFB1VDlZUmNuMFNNZWYtSVNld2VyS3BTeC1rNmZHR2t0NGEyZTZDbTFqZklNSkRlcV8zYjlKR29UYk0wVkhRbw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Germany says it expected Trump\u2019s withdrawal of US troops as row over Iran comments grows \u2013 live<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US to cut troop levels in Germany by 5,000 amid Trump spat with Merz&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCGermany urges stronger European defense&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-642952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}