"We're going to cut way down and we're cutting a lot further than 5,000," US President Donald Trump said in remarks to reporters in Florida on Saturday when asked about the plan.

A planned drawdown of 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany should spur Europe to strengthen its own defenses, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Saturday, but two top U.S. Republican lawmakers expressed concern, saying the troops should ‌not leave Europe. The Pentagon announced the drawdown from Germany, its largest European…

"We Europeans must take on more responsibility for our own security," says Germany's defence minister. A NATO spokesperson said the alliance was working with the US to understand the details of the decision.