## Trump wants to punish Europe by removing troops. But he’s shooting the US in the foot

Authored by inews.co.uk

Trump said Merz should be focusing on “fixing his broken country” and ending the Russian-Ukraine war rather than “interfering” with the US’s war with Iran.

Trump posted the initial suggestion hours after a phone call with the Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has long wanted to reduce Nato power and US military presence in Europe.

The clash between Trump and Merz marks a rapid deterioration of relations between the US and one of Europe’s top powers.

Donald Trump with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office in March.

Since Trump launched his war in Iran, he has escalated rhetoric Nato allies including the UK, suggesting he will punish those he feels have not been sufficiently supportive of the war.

A leaked internal Pentagon email showed the US had considered reviewing the UK’s ownership of the Falklands and suspending Spain’s membership of Nato.

Even if troops were to leave Germany, this would not signal the end of the US defensive partnership in Europe. »

### Doomed to die, one man chose a risky experiment that changed history

Authored by usatoday.com

BOSTON ‒ Tim Andrews was so close to death, he was ready to risk what little life he might have left.

More than 100,000 Americans now sit on an organ transplant list, and most of them are waiting for a kidney.

The science is getting better, enabling more organs to be used from patients who die older, sicker or further from a hospital. »

### French teen charged in Singapore over a vending machine straw-licking video

Authored by apnews.com

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A French teen is facing mischief and public nuisance charges in Singapore after posting a video on social media of himself licking a straw from an orange juice vending machine and then putting it back.

IJooz, the company operating the juice vending machine, filed a police report, and sanitized the dispenser while replacing all 500 straws in the machine.

Lawyers for the teen, who is studying in a French business school in Singapore, declined to comment on the case when contacted. »

### Total War: Warhammer 40,000 Devs Reveal Huge Battle Maps, Planets, and Region Scale

Authored by ign.com

In a livestream, David Petry, battle product owner, and Kevin McDowell, art director on Total War: Warhammer 40,000, ran through the region scale and visuals of planets, before showing off new battle maps.

Creative Assembly shows off the scale of the Total War: Warhammer 40,000 battle maps.

As a Warhammer 40,000 fan, everything Creative Assembly has shown off so far about Total War: Warhammer 40,000 looks hugely promising. »

### Bernie Sanders is destroying Chuck Schumer in the Democratic Party’s Civil War ahead of the midterms

Authored by fortune.com

“Rank-and-file Democrats don’t want the Democratic Party as we know it,” said Ezra Levin, co-founder of the Democratic resistance group Indivisible.

“Chuck Schumer has officially lost the first battle in his proxy war with Bernie Sanders,” said Bernadette Breslin, spokesperson for the Senate Republicans’ campaign arm.

Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, continues to promote Platner and other critics of the Democratic Party’s national leadership. »

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