{"id":594809,"date":"2026-05-01T22:13:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=594809"},"modified":"2026-05-01T22:13:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:13:27","slug":"trump-to-pull-5000-troops-out-of-germany-after-merz-inaction-in-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=594809","title":{"rendered":"Trump To Pull 5,000 Troops Out Of Germany After Merz Inaction In Iran War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-01-174118-1200x675.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"merz\" \/>The Department of War announced Friday that the Trump administration will be pulling about 5,000 troops out of Germany after the country\u2019s inaction to assist in the Iran war, particularly with securing the Strait of Hormuz. The move comes after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz heavily criticized Trump speaking to students Monday, stating, \u201cThe Iranians are [\u2026]<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-01-174118-1200x675.jpg\" title=\"Trump To Pull 5,000 Troops Out Of Germany After Merz Inaction In Iran War\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of War announced Friday that the Trump administration will be pulling about 5,000 troops out of Germany after the country\u2019s inaction to assist in the Iran war, particularly with securing the Strait of Hormuz. The move comes after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz heavily criticized Trump speaking to students Monday, stating, \u201cThe Iranians are&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=594809\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Trump To Pull 5,000 Troops Out Of Germany After Merz Inaction In Iran War<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":594810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-594809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=594809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/594810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=594809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=594809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=594809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}