Trump threatens Germany with US troop reduction after Merz’s Iran war criticism – Europe live

US president’s statement follows comments by German chancellor that the US was being ‘humiliated’ in conflict

For what it’s worth, Germany’s Merz is expected at a public event in Salzwedel later today – around 2pm local time – where he will be taking questions at an event marking the upcoming Local Journalism Day.

But safe to say we can expect some questions to be very much, erm, not local.