May 2, 2026 - Gov Brief Today

What Happened Today – May 1, 2026

May 2, 2026 by George Bounacos

U.S. Air Force sign and unit shields at the Ramstein Air Base entrance in Germany at sunset

Ramstein Air Base in Germany, headquarters of US Air Forces in Europe, became the face of Trump's 5,000-troop drawdown Friday after Chancellor Merz called the Iran war a humiliation. (U.S. Air Force / Airman 1st Class Kenny Holston)

Donald Trump told a Florida crowd Friday it was treasonous to call the Iran war a loss, and made Germany pay for saying it first. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz had said it Monday in front of high school students. The Americans had no strategy, he told them, and an entire nation was being humiliated. By … Read more