What to know about the Iran war today:President Trump told reporters Saturday he is reviewing a new 14-point peace proposal that was submitted by Iran. Nick Stewart, a former lobbyist and member of the State Department during President Trump’s first term, has joined the diplomatic team working to end the war with Iran, the White House confirmed Saturday. “Nick Stewart is a sharp, seasoned policy expert who is a valuable asset to Special Envoy Steve Witkoff’s talented team,” the White House said. Mr. Trump told congressional leaders that “hostilities” with Iran have “terminated,” addressing a critical 60-day deadline under a decades-old law meant to limit the use of military force without authorization from Congress. Trump says U.S. troop presence in Germany will get “cut way down”
President Trump said Saturday that the U.S. will significantly reduce its troop presence in Germany, escalating a dispute with Chancellor Friedrich Merz as he seeks to scale back America’s commitment to European security.
The Pentagon on Friday had initially announced it would pull some 5,000 troops out of Germany, but when asked Saturday about the reason for the move, Mr. Trump didn’t offer an explanation and said an even bigger reduction was coming.
“We’re going to cut way down. And we’re cutting a lot further than 5,000,” Trump told reporters in Florida.
Earlier on Saturday, Boris Pistorius, Germany’s defense minister, appeared to take in stride the news that 5,000 U.S. troops would be leaving his country.
Boris Pistorius said the drawdown, which Trump has threatened for years, was expected, and he said European nations needed to take on more responsibility for their own defense. But he also emphasized that security cooperation benefited both sides of the trans-Atlantic partnership.
“The presence of American soldiers in Europe, and especially in Germany, is in our interest and in the interest of the U.S.,” Pistorius told the German news agency dpa.
Senior defense officials who spoke to CBS News Friday characterized the 5,000 troop drawdown as a signal of Mr. Trump’s discontent with the level of assistance that European allies have offered in the U.S.-Iran war.
Mr. Trump has publicly criticized German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and the leaders of other NATO member states for not getting directly involved in the war.
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