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The US president said he could consider reducing the number of American forces stationed in Spain and Italy<\/strong><\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump has said he would consider withdrawing some American troops stationed in Italy and Spain, after making a similar threat toward Germany amid a deepening rift with Washington\u2019s European allies over the war with Iran.<\/p>\n

Trump threatened earlier this week to reduce the number of US troops in Germany, continuing to deride NATO as a \u201cpaper tiger\u201d<\/em> following the refusal of other member states to back the US-Israeli bombing campaign in the Middle East. On Friday, the Pentagon said it would withdraw around 5,000 of the roughly 36,000 active-duty service members from Germany.<\/p>\n

Asked by a reporter in the Oval Office on Friday whether he would consider removing troops from Spain or Italy, Trump replied: \u201cYeah, probably. Look, why shouldn\u2019t I?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cItaly has not been of any help to us. And Spain has been horrible, absolutely horrible,\u201d<\/em> Trump said. \u201cIt\u2019s one thing if they said nicely, or if they said, \u2018Okay, we\u2019ll help,\u2019 but the help is a little slow,\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n

Spain denied the use of a naval base near Cadiz for attacks on Iran and closed its airspace to US planes involved in the campaign. Italy similarly refused to allow the US to use an air base in Sicily.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s why Iran is sovereign and Germany is not<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Trump reiterated that he considers NATO ungrateful for US military support to Ukraine. \u201cWe helped them with Ukraine. You know, they made a mess out of Ukraine, a total mess,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has strongly criticized the bombing of Iran. \u201cFrom my point of view, this war is illegal, it is a big mistake,\u201d<\/em> he said last month. In a recent op-ed in Le Monde diplomatique, Sanchez again condemned \u201cthe unilateral attempts by the United States to engineer regime change in Venezuela and now Iran \u2013 all without seeking even a veneer of international approval.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has said the war with Iran has added to instability in the Middle East and driven up energy prices. She also criticized Trump\u2019s attacks on Pope Leo XIV over his opposition to the conflict as \u201cunacceptable.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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