Trump to halve US troops in key NATO ally Germany

WASHINGTON: President Donald said Monday he will halve the number of in Germany because Berlin is "delinquent" in contributions to NATO and treats the United States "badly" on trade. Trump told reporters there are 52,000 US soldiers stationed in Germany and he will bring this to 25,000. "It's a tremendous cost to the United States," he said. "So we're removing a number down to, we're putting the number down to 25,000 soldiers." Trump's numbers were misleading because there are only between 34,000 and 35,000 US soldiers permanently stationed in Germany, according to the Pentagon....