{"id":2597288,"date":"2026-04-30T17:13:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-weighing-pulling-troops-from-italy-and-spain-over-iran-war\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T17:13:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:13:53","slug":"trump-weighing-pulling-troops-from-italy-and-spain-over-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-weighing-pulling-troops-from-italy-and-spain-over-iran-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump weighing pulling troops from Italy and Spain over Iran war"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-weighing-pulling-troops-from-italy-and-spain-over-iran-war%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2597288&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump said he is considering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fed-found-economy-is-recovering-much-faster-than-officials-expected\/\" title=\"Fed Found Economy Is Recovering Much Faster Than Officials Expected\">withdrawing<\/a> U.S. troops from Italy and Spain,arguing those countries have not supported American efforts connected to the Iran conflict. He made the comment in the Oval Office when asked whether his planned drawdown coudl be expanded to those nations.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has previously said the administration is studying a reduction of U.S. forces in Germany after a public dispute with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Trump has also repeatedly accused NATO members of not doing enough to back U.S. interests.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, while Merz has backed Trump\u2019s naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, he has criticized the negotiation approach, saying Iranian officials are effectively playing along-allowing U.S. talks to proceed without results-and humiliating Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">team<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4548339\/trump-i-dont-know-if-iran-war-will-end-before-ukraine\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> said Thursday that he\u2019s considering withdrawing American troops stationed in Italy and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/spain\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/spain\">Spain<\/a> due to the countries\u2019 unwillingness to help with the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a> war.<\/p>\n<p>Trump previously announced that the administration is \u201cstudying\u201d a drawdown of U.S. forces in Germany, following a public spat with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The president has also frequently accused <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nato\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nato\">NATO<\/a> members of failing to support American interests.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4550324\/trump-bulletproof-vest-whcd\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump rejects bulletproof vest and jokes it would make him look \u201820 pounds heavier\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4550157\/trump-drops-tariffs-scottish-whisky\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump drops tariffs on Scottish whisky after hosting King Charles III<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4549613\/trump-executive-order-retirement-plan-coverage\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump signs executive order <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/firm-linked-to-joe-biden-scrubs-website-of-all-china-related-business\/\" title=\"Firm Linked To Joe Biden Scrubs Website Of All China Related Business\">expanding<\/a> retirement plan coverage for workers without access<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cYeah, probably,\u201d he answered when asked in the Oval Office if he was considering expanding his drawdown to Italy and Spain. \u201cWhy shouldn\u2019t I?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>\u201cItaly has not been of any help to us, and Spain has been horrible, absolutely horrible,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-approves-executive-order-for-sanctions-on-myanmar-officials-in-response-to-military-coup\/\" title=\"Biden Approves Executive Order For Sanctions On Myanmar Officials In Response To Military Coup\">president continued<\/a>. \u201cWhen we needed them, they were not there. We have to remember that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though Merz has publicly backed Trump\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4545608\/trump-iran-state-of-collapse\/\">naval blockade<\/a> of the Strait of Hormuz, the German leader has also claimed that Iranian officials are making fools of Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >hand-picked ceasefire negotiating team<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Iranians are obviously very skilled at negotiating, or rather, very skillful at not negotiating, letting the Americans travel to Islamabad and then leave again without any result,\u201d\u00a0the chancellor said earlier this week. \u201cAn entire nation is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership, especially by these so-called Revolutionary Guards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4548825\/trump-us-troop-reduction-germany-merz-iran\/\"><strong>TRUMP WEIGHING US TROOP REDUCTION IN GERMANY AFTER MERZ\u2019S IRAN WAR CRITICISM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can watch Trump\u2019s comments in full below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"jDw21pUBBMU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Trump Participates in an Executive Order Signing, April 30th, 2026\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jDw21pUBBMU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump says he\u2019s considering pulling U.S. troops from Italy and Spain over Iran-war support<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2597289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/trump-troop-drawdown-italy-spain.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[75205,14683,11648,78891,3634],"class_list":["post-2597288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-iran-war-2","tag-italy","tag-spain","tag-troop-withdrawal","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/trump-troop-drawdown-italy-spain.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2597288"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2597292,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597288\/revisions\/2597292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2597289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2597288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2597288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2597288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}