NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has warned European leaders that U.S. President Donald Trump is disappointed with their reluctance to assist with the war in Iran.
¡°European leaders have gotten the message,¡± Rutte said ahead of the European Political Community meeting of nearly 50 leaders in Armenia¡¯s capital, Yerevan, on Monday. ¡°There has been some disappointment from the U.S. side when it comes to the European reaction¡± to the U.S. war against Iran.
The U.S. has announced it will withdraw around 5,000 troops from Germany over the next year after Trump accused European countries of ignoring his requests to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz. That came days after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz questioned Washington¡¯s handling of the war in unusually blunt terms, saying the administration was being ¡°humiliated.¡±
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