German Chancellor downplays row with Trump after troop drawdown announced

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he must accept that US President Donald Trump does not share his opinions to work with the United States within Nato but stressed there was no link between their rift and a planned troop drawdown. Merz dismissed suggestions that his criticism of US war planning
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