NATO says US troop reductions in Europe will not harm its defences [SOUND]

# NATO’s Secretary General Mark Rutte says US troop reductions in Europe will be structured and not harm defences. His comments come after US president Donald Trump’s most recent attack on the alliance, sparked by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s criticism of the US-Israeli war in Iran. Rutte says Trump’s proposed withdrawal of four to five-thousand troops is a rotational force that would not have an impact on NATO’s defence plans: