The ⁠United States ⁠is withdrawing 5,000 ​troops from Germany, the ‌Pentagon announced on ‌Friday, in ⁠an ⁠apparent U.S. rebuke to the close NATO ​ally amid a widening rift between President ​Donald Trump and Europe over ⁠the ⁠Iran war.

The Pentagon says the United States will withdraw about 5,000 troops from Germany in the next six to 12 months

The Pentagon said on Friday the US will withdraw roughly 5,000 troops from Germany over the next year, a move President Donald Trump said is just the beginning.

President Donald Trump said he plans to cut the US military presence in Germany by more than the 5,000-troop drawdown announced so far, even as Republican allies and NATO countries questioned the move.

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has said the US decision to withdraw 5,000 troops from his country was "foreseeable", as the Nato military alliance says it is seeking clarification from Washington.

As Trump feuds with the German chancellor, the Pentagon says it will withdraw about 5,000 troops from the NATO ally in the next six to 12 months.

A new US drawdown of roughly 5,000 troops from Germany over the next year prompted strong questions from both NATO allies and Republicans in Congress.

The U.S. is withdrawing approximately 5,000 troops from Germany, Pentagon officials said Friday, after President Donald Trump threatened to do so this week following criticism over the war with Iran by the German chancellor.