Reuters: Green may have influenced the decision to withdraw troops from Germany

The White House head has made a decision to withdraw 9,500 military troops from Germany, which is one of the most powerful allies of the United States, bringing their number down to 25,000, a senior American official said on Friday.

This official said the decision is the result of months of American military leadership work and has nothing to do with tensions between President Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

However, several sources close to the issue said that some American officials in the White House, in the State Department and the Pentagon were surprised at this decision and offered various clarifications about it, including Trump's anger at the G7 Summit to the influence of Richard Greenell, former U.S. ambassador to Germany, writes agency “Reuters”.

The agency “Reuters” has failed to assess whether Green has played the direct role of Trump for decision making. He resigned from his post on June 1st, according to the State Department spokeswoman.

Asked about this issue, Grenelli said all are rumors and refused to answer specific questions about his decision and role in it. He added that reducing the number of troops in Germany has been under way since last year.

Grenelli highlighted the United States' anger over Germany's failure to meet NATO's goal of spending on the field of defence of 2 per cent of GDP and said NATO Secretary General NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, has singled out Germany as the only state that has not submitted a reliable plan for how it will accomplish this pledge.

On the other hand, German government officials have said Monday that Berlin has not received official confirmation concerning the withdrawal of American troops. This decision has been criticised by conservatives, but has been welcomed by extreme leftist politicians.