Merz was not surprised by the US decision to withdraw its troops from Germany

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz commented on the decision of US President Donald Trump to withdraw 5,000 American troops from Germany, noting that he was not surprised by Washington's move. He said this in an interview with ARD TV channel, Clash Report reports.

"Not everything that we have been hearing in recent days is new. Perhaps the situation has worsened somewhat, but this is not news," he said in a post on the social network X (ex. Twitter).

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