{"id":561793,"date":"2026-05-02T04:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T04:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/561793\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T04:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T04:09:08","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-us-troops-to-be-pulled-from-germany-as-presidents-feud-with-nato-allies-intensifies-trump-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/561793\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: US troops to be pulled from Germany as president\u2019s feud with Nato allies intensifies | Trump administration"},"content":{"rendered":"

It appears Donald Trump<\/a> is following through on his threats to reduce US military presence in Europe.<\/p>\n

The Pentagon announced on Friday that 5,000 troops will be withdrawn from Germany over the next six to 12 months.<\/p>\n

The president\u2019s move to reduce the number of personnel deployed in Germany came after the country\u2019s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said the US was being \u201chumiliated\u201d by Iran.<\/p>\n

A senior Pentagon official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said recent German rhetoric had been \u201cinappropriate and unhelpful\u201d. Trump has also threatened Italy and Spain for not helping to reopen the strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

The pending withdrawal comes amid a widening rift between the US and Nato allies over the war in Iran. Germany is the US military\u2019s biggest basing location in Europe, with about 35,000 active-duty military personnel, and serves as a key training hub.<\/p>\n

US withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany after Merz says US \u2018humiliated\u2019 by Iran<\/p>\n

It is unclear how much support Trump would have for a significant drawdown. Since the end of the cold war, US bases in Europe have become key forward-staging sites and logistical hubs for US military operations, launching and supporting wars including in Iraq, Afghanistan and, most recently, Iran.<\/p>\n

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Video shows moment shooter tried to storm White House dinner, officials say<\/p>\n

Federal prosecutors released footage Thursday of the moment officials say Cole Tomas Allen tried to storm last week\u2019s White House Correspondents\u2019 Association<\/a>\u2019s dinner in an alleged attempt to kill Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Amid questions about whether or not Allen fired his weapon before being subdued, Jeanine Pirro, the top federal prosecutor in Washington DC, released edited security camera footage of the incident in a social media post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n

Pentagon plans to make US military \u2018AI-first fighting force\u2019 by pairing with companies<\/p>\n

The Pentagon said on Friday it had reached agreements with seven leading artificial intelligence (AI<\/a>) companies: SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, Nvidia, Reflection, Microsoft and Amazon Web Services.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese agreements accelerate the transformation toward establishing the United States military as an AI-first fighting force and will strengthen our warfighters\u2019 ability to maintain decision superiority across all domains of warfare,\u201d the Pentagon said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n

Voting rights groups sue to block Louisiana from suspending primary elections<\/p>\n

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a suit on behalf of Louisiana<\/a> voting rights groups on Friday, asking a state court to block the state\u2019s governor, Jeff Landry, and secretary of state, Nancy Landry, from suspending congressional elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n

Trump tears up part of EU tariff deal to raise import duties on cars and lorries<\/p>\n

Donald Trump has said he is tearing up part of the tariff deal he struck with EU leaders at his golf course in Scotland last summer, criticising Brussels for taking so long to ratify the deal.<\/p>\n

Blindsiding Brussels late on Friday, a public holiday in much of Europe<\/a>, he announced that he would be increasing tariffs on cars and lorries imported into the US from the EU from 15% to 25% from next week.<\/p>\n

Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n

Cuban immigrant dies in Georgia detention center, ICE tells Congress<\/p>\n

A Cuban immigrant died inside an immigration detention center in Georgia<\/a> earlier this week, according to a congressional notification sent on Friday and reviewed by the Guardian.<\/p>\n

Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n

US lawmakers say DoJ rushed Southern Poverty Law Center indictment<\/p>\n

A justice department lawyer working in Todd Blanche\u2019s office pressured prosecutors to file criminal charges<\/a> against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) despite their concerns about the strength of the case, a whistleblower told House Democrats<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n

What else happened today:<\/p>\n

Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened Thursday 30 April<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It appears Donald Trump is following through on his threats to reduce US military presence in Europe. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":561794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-561793","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\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}