US President Donald Trump has said he “probably will” consider pulling troops out of Spain and Italy, after earlier this week threatening to do similar in Germany.
"Yeah, probably, I probably will,” Trump told reporters. “Why shouldn't I, look, why shouldn't I? Italy has not been of any help to us. And Spain has been horrible. Absolutely horrible."
"But we didn't need the help. And to a certain extent I asked them I didn't need their help. And I said, 'Yeah, we'd love to have you help' because I wanted to see if they do it. And they, in all cases they said, 'we don't want to get involved.'
On Wednesday, Trump said his administration was looking at cuts to US forces in Germany and a decision would be made soon.
Last month, Trump threatened to impose a full US trade embargo on Spain after Madrid refused to let the US military use its bases for missions linked to strikes on Iran.
As of December 2025, the US had just over 68,000 active-duty military personnel assigned pe...
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