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 Friday afternoon the Pentagon was withdrawing 5,000 troops, and 25 percent tariffs were headed for German cars next week.
Trump notified Congress Friday that the war had ended. From Florida he warned that calling it a loss is treasonous. The pullout and the tariffs were Merz’s penalty for getting there first. That drove thousands of Americans to protest in the streets across the country today. Find the next protest at Mobilize and bring a friend.
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