
WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would discuss the roughly 45,000 U.S. troops stationed in Germany during his meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House, underscoring the economic value they brought to Germany.
"We have a lot of them, about 45,000, it's a lot of troops," Trump said. "That's good economic development. They're highly paid troops and they spend a lot of money in Germany. But the relationship with Germany is very important."