‘We love our Americans’: the German town rocked by Trump’s plan to withdraw US troops

The Pentagon announced Friday it will reduce US troop presence in Germany by 5,000 personnel—approximately 15% of the 36,400 active-duty forces stationed there—by cancelling a planned battalion deployment, following President Trump's directive. The withdrawal threatens Landstuhl's economy and deeply rooted German-American community ties, with local residents and US military personnel expressing concern about job losses and the erosion of decades-long cultural and familial bonds.