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President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Miami International Airport, in Miami, May 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
May 3, 2026, 9:22 am
Trump says US to withdraw significantly more than 5,000 troops from Germany
‘We’re going to cut way down,’ US president says, amid rift with NATO over Iran war; troop pullout plan faces bipartisan resistance
By Kirsten Grieshaber, Emma Burrows and AAMER MADHANI
US President Donald Trump meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on March 3, 2026. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)
May 2, 2026, 4:25 pm
NATO seeks clarity as US to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany amid rift with Europe
Trump says he is considering pulling US troops from Italy and Spain as well, due to their opposition to the war against Iran; NATO says it shows Europe’s need to invest in defense
By W.G. Dunlop
US Vice President JD Vance visits with service members during a refueling stop at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 24, 2025. (Kenny Holston/Pool Photo via AP)
May 2, 2026, 3:28 am
US pulling 5,000 troops from Germany amid spat with Trump over Iran war
Senior Pentagon official says German rhetoric against Washington’s policy ‘inappropriate and unhelpful’; withdrawal to be completed within 6-12 months
By Reuters
US President Donald Trump, right, greets Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz during summit to support ending the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, October 13, 2025, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)
April 29, 2026, 5:35 am
Trump fires back at Merz after German leader says Iran ‘humiliating’ US over talks
US president accuses German chancellor, who said ‘Iranians are obviously… very skillful at not negotiating,’ of ‘thinking it’s OK for Iran to have a nuclear weapon’
By Agencies
Leader of the far-right AfD Alice Weidel waves a German flag at the AfD party headquarters in Berlin on February 23, 2025, after the German national election. (Michael Probst/AP)
October 30, 2025, 8:58 pm
Shunned at home, Germany’s far-right AfD deepens ties to Trump administration
Members of the hardline party held senior meetings with sympathetic US State Department officials in recent months, reflecting a growing alignment with parts of the MAGA movement
By Sarah Marsh, Paul Carsten and Maria Tsvetkova
Activists wearing masks of (L-R) Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Co-leader and main candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party Alice Weidel, US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and US Vice President JD Vance, hold up placards as they stage a protest against the support of the US and Russia for the far-right AfD party in front of the landmark Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, on February 20, 2025. (David Gannon/AFP)
May 3, 2025, 11:56 am
US quarrels with Berlin after German spy agency brands far-right AfD as ‘extremist’
Vance, Rubio attack decision; German foreign ministry responds to US secretary of state: ‘We have learnt from our history that right-wing extremism needs to be stopped’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and his party's main candidate for Chancellor, addresses supporters in Berlin after the first exit polls in the German general elections were announced on TV, February 23, 2025. (Ina Fassbender/AFP)
February 24, 2025, 3:31 am
Conservatives win German vote, far-right comes 2nd with strongest result since WWII
Likely chancellor Merz accuses Trump of being ‘largely indifferent to the fate of Europe’; AfD makes record gains but all other parties have vowed to keep it out of power
By Agencies
Co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany party Alice Weidel gestures as she talks with citizens during a TV program hosted by the public broadcaster ZDF in Berlin on February 13, 2025. (Michael Kappeler/Pool/AFP)
February 15, 2025, 4:57 am
Vance meets far-right German leader as Berlin accuses him of election interference
Germany’s defense minister says US veep calling into question ‘not just German democracy but that of Europe as a whole,’ after Vance slams EU policies on free speech, migration
By Agencies
Then US Vice President Joe Biden (R) leans over to talk with Amos Hochstein, a State Department Special Envoy for International Energy Affairs, before speaking at the Caribbean Energy Security Summit at the State Department in Washington, January 26, 2015. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)
August 11, 2021, 11:21 am
Biden taps Israel-born Amos Hochstein to oversee disputed Russia energy plan
As State Department envoy, official will oversee implementation of Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline deal, which critics fear could enable Russia to use energy supplies as a weapon
By ToI Staff and Agencies
University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann during commencement in Philadelphia, May 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
July 3, 2021, 2:02 am
Biden nominates daughter of Holocaust survivor as next US ambassador to Germany
University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann will also be first woman to serve in post; appointment still needs to be confirmed by Senate
By Agencies
German Chancellor Angela Merkel uses her mobile phone during a debate at the Bundestag in Berlin, December 8, 2020. (MACDOUGALL/AFP)
May 31, 2021, 11:07 am
US reported to have spied on Merkel, European allies with Danish help
National Security Agency said to have eavesdropped on Danish internet cables, text messages and telephone calls to spy on top politicians and high-ranking officials in Germany
By AFP
German Chancellor Angela Merkel seen on a screen as she makes a statement on the events in Washington with the storming of the Capitol building by supporters of US President Donald Trump supporters at the beginning of the digital press conference at the winter retreat of the CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag, Berlin, Germany, January 7, 2021. (Kay Nietfeld/Pool via AP)
January 7, 2021, 2:22 pm
Merkel says Trump’s denial of election result shares blame for Capitol storming
German chancellor expresses outrage at attack, says doubts about outcome of US vote ‘stoked’ the atmosphere that led to violence in Washington
By AFP
Richard Grenell, former acting director of national intelligence, speaks at a White House ceremony, September 4, 2020. (Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images/JTA)
December 23, 2020, 11:40 pm
Trump picks former envoy to Germany for Holocaust museum post
Richard Grenell is known as a staunch Israel advocate, but has also caused controversy for lauding German hyper-nationalist right-wing parties
By Ron Kampeas
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas arrives for a news conference with United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Leipzig, Germany, November 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, file)
November 10, 2020, 9:48 pm
German FM: Biden’s election an opportunity for US to rejoin Iran deal
Acknowledging Trump’s role in brokering normalization between Israel and several Arab states, Heiko Maas says he hopes the US president-elect can build on that ‘momentum’
By Frank Jordans
Douglas Macgregor. right, appears on Fox News, Dec. 30, 2019. (Screen shot via JTA)
August 7, 2020, 9:45 pm
Jewish groups protest Trump’s Germany envoy pick for remarks on Nazi history
Douglas Macgregor has said there is ‘a sick mentality’ that Germans have to ‘atone sins of what happened in 13 years of German history and ignore the other 1,500 years of Germany’
By Ron Kampeas
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