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The Pentagon has ordered the withdrawal of approximately 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany over the next 6–12 months, a move triggered by President Trump's escalating feud with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the U.S.-led war in Iran. The drawdown — affecting a brigade combat team and canceling a planned long-range fires deployment — would reduce the U.S. presence to roughly pre-2022 levels, raising questions about NATO cohesion, congressional constraints, and the use of military posture as diplomatic leverage against allies.