Trump orders withdrawal of 5,000 troops from Germany

If you won't play fair, we'll take our troops and go home. So says President Trump.

If NATO wants to keep playing games with the U.S., they'll end up SOL.

More from The Hill on the withdrawal:

President Trump ordered the Pentagon on Friday to withdraw about 5,000 U.S. service members from Germany amid his public feud with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

The redeployment of troops will bring the number of service members roughly to pre-2022 levels and will affect a brigade combat team and potentially other U.S. forces already in Germany, according to a senior Pentagon official.

Multiple NATO partners have been playing tough with Trump over the U.S. conflict with Iran, leading to harsh words from both sides.

The withdrawal also comes as relations between Washington and Berlin have grown tense in recent weeks, with Trump arguing that Merz miscalculated the threat posed by Iran.

'He doesn't know what he's talking about! If Iran had a Nuclear Weapon, the whole World would be held hostage. I am doing something with Iran, right now, that other Nations, or Presidents, should have done long ago,' Trump wrote Tuesday on Truth Social. 'No wonder Germany is doing so poorly, both Economically, and otherwise!'

Previously, the German chancellor had said that Washington had been "humiliated" by Iran amid the closure of the Strait of Hormuz during a conversation with students in his country.

With the U.S. carrying so much of the NATO burden, it will be interesting to see how Trump's threats of withdrawing support will influence other member nations or how hard they will continue to push back.

Stay tuned.