President Donald Trump's decision to cut U.S. troop levels in
Germany blindsided a number of senior national security officials, according to five sources familiar with the matter, and the
Pentagon had yet to receive a formal order to carry it out, Reuters has learned.
Trump decided to remove 9,500 troops from Germany, one of America's strongest allies, reducing the number there to 25,000 from 34,500, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.