El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump anunció el sábado que Estados Unidos reducirá significativamente su presencia militar en Alemania, decisión que tensa aún más su relación con el canciller Friedrich Merz mientras busca disminuir el compromiso de Washington con la seguridad europea.

El Pentágono informó el viernes que unos 5.000 soldados de las fuerzas de EEUU serían retirados del territorio alemán. Consultado sobre la medida, el mandatario republicano indicó que la reducción será aún mayor: “Vamos a reducir muchísimo. Y vamos a reducir mucho más que 5.000”.

El ministro de Defensa alemán, Boris Pistorius, restó importancia a la noticia y recordó que la reducción ya estaba prevista. Pistorius señaló que las naciones europeas deben asumir una mayor responsabilidad en su propia defensa, aunque destacó que la cooperación en seguridad beneficia tanto a Europa como a Estados Unidos.

Trump anunció la reducción militar tras sus críticas a los aliados europeos por su falta de apoyo a la campaña conjunta con Israel contra el régimen iraní. El inquilino de la Casa Blanca cuestionó a líderes como el canciller alemán Friedrich Merz, el presidente español Pedro Sánchez y el primer ministro británico Keir Starmer.

La semana pasada, Merz criticó la estrategia estadounidense utilizada contra el país persa, acusó a Estados Unidos de ser “humillado” por el liderazgo iraní y señaló la ausencia de un plan claro de Washington.

En otro frente de tensión, Trump acusó a la Unión Europea de incumplir su acuerdo comercial con Estados Unidos y, por este motivo, anunció que incrementará al 25% los aranceles a automóviles y camiones producidos en el bloque a partir de la próxima semana. Esta medida impactaría especialmente a Alemania, importante fabricante de vehículos.

Cabe mencionar que la salida de 5 mil soldados estadounidenses del país germano representa cerca de una séptima parte de los 36.000 militares estadounidenses desplegados actualmente en el país. El Pentágono no precisó qué unidades u operaciones se verán afectadas por la decisión castrense.

El retiro de los 5.000 efectivos está programado para concretarse en los próximos seis a doce meses, según el Departamento de Guerra de EEUU. Trump ya había anunciado un retiro de 9.500 militares durante su primer mandato, medida que no se implementó, y que fue cancelada formalmente por el ex presidente Joe Biden tras asumir en 2021.

En términos generales, entre 80.000 y 100.000 efectivos estadounidenses suelen estar desplegados en Europa, dependiendo de ejercicios y rotaciones. Washington reforzó su presencia tras la invasión rusa a Ucrania en febrero de 2022.

La portavoz de la OTAN, Allison Hart, señaló en la red social X que la alianza transatlántica “trabaja con Estados Unidos para comprender los detalles de su decisión sobre el despliegue en Alemania” y subrayó la necesidad de que Europa aumente la inversión en defensa y asuma una mayor cuota de responsabilidad en la seguridad compartida. Hart mencionó avances hacia el objetivo de que cada país aliado invierta el 5% de su producción económica en defensa.

Desde Washington, el vdel Pentágono, Sean Parnell, informó que la decisión de reducir la presencia militar responde a “una revisión exhaustiva del emplazamiento de fuerzas del Departamento de Defensa en Europa” y toma en cuenta los requisitos operativos y condiciones sobre el terreno.

“La decisión de retirar soldados en Alemania sigue a un proceso integral y de múltiples capas que incorpora perspectivas de líderes clave en EUCOM y a lo largo de la cadena de mando”, señaló en un correo electrónico el secretario de prensa interino del Pentágono, Joel Valdez, en referencia al Comando Europeo de Estados Unidos.

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En los últimos dos meses, el bloqueo en el estrecho de Ormuz obligó a los armadores a buscar corredores terrestres alternativos para transportar alimentos y productos manufacturados por camión, ya que ya no pueden llegar a los países costeros del Golfo por mar.

El puerto saudí de Yeda, en el Mar Rojo, se está convirtiendo en un nuevo “centro neurálgico” regional, donde arriban, a través del Canal de Suez, buques de gigantes marítimos como MSC, CMA CGM, Maersk y Cosco.

La carga se transporta luego en camión por una carretera desértica para ser entregada en lugares como Sharjah, Bahréin y Kuwait, que no han tenido servicio marítimo durante los últimos dos meses.

“El puerto de Yeda no tiene la capacidad para gestionar tales volúmenes de importación y se está generando una situación de congestión portuaria”, declaró a la AFP Arthur Barillas de The, cofundador de la empresa de transporte de mercancías Ovrsea.

Según datos de Kpler Marine Traffic, el jueves atracaron en Yeda 11 buques portacontenedores, nueve de ellos en espera, con un tiempo de demora promedio de 36 horas antes de la descarga, en comparación con las 17 horas de la semana anterior.

Los armadores declararon que utilizarán tres puertos situados fuera del estrecho de Ormuz: Sohar, en Omán, y los puertos emiratíes de Khorfakkan y Fujairah, que están conectados por tierra con los Emiratos Árabes Unidos.

El puerto de Aqaba, en Jordania, sirve de base para el envío de mercancías a Bagdad y Basora, en Irak, mientras que un corredor turco también permite la entrada de mercancías al norte de Irak.

La situación comenzó mucho antes de la guerra en Irán, pero está estrechamente relacionada con el conflicto.

La práctica de evitar el Mar Rojo desde el estrecho de Bab el-Mandeb hasta el canal de Suez se remonta al 19 de noviembre de 2023 y al primer ataque contra un buque portacontenedores por parte de las milicias hutíes respaldadas por Irán desde la costa de Yemen, según CyclOpe, especialista en el mercado de materias primas.

El desvío de rutas de los buques se ha vuelto algo sistemático, afirmó Ronan Boudet, jefe de inteligencia de contenedores de Kpler. Bordean África siguiendo su costa oriental hasta el Cabo de Buena Esperanza, en el sur de Sudáfrica, antes de dirigirse de nuevo hacia el norte, hacia Europa y el Mediterráneo.

“Con la situación actual en el Golfo, hemos metido varias monedas más en la máquina, y no va a mejorar pronto”, declaró a la AFP Edouard Louis-Dreyfus, presidente del gigante naviero francés Louis Dreyfus Armateurs.

“Actualmente, el 70% del tráfico de mercancías que pasó por el Mar Rojo en 2023 se está desviando a través del Cabo de Buena Esperanza”, añadió Yves Guillo, experto en cadenas de suministro de Efeso, una consultora de gestión con sede en París.

Según datos de la plataforma PortWatch del Fondo Monetario Internacional, basados ​​en las señales GPS de los buques, el tráfico de buques comerciales a través del Cabo de Buena Esperanza se ha triplicado con creces en tres años, mientras que el tráfico a través del estrecho de Bab el-Mandeb se ha reducido a menos de la mitad.

Entre el 1 de marzo y el 24 de abril de este año, un promedio de 20 buques comerciales rodearon el Cabo de Buena Esperanza cada día, en comparación con los seis que lo hicieron en el mismo período de 2023.

En comparación, el tráfico en el Mar Rojo se desplomó: de 18 tránsitos diarios a través de Bab el-Mandeb entre marzo y abril de 2023, el promedio cayó a 5 tres años después.

Según Guillo, los tiempos de transporte entre Asia y Europa se han alargado una media de dos semanas y los costes han aumentado porque se necesita entre un 30 y un 50% más de combustible y entre un 10 y un 20 por ciento más de barcos para garantizar la misma frecuencia de servicio.

El precio medio para transportar un contenedor estándar de 40 pies en las principales rutas marítimas aumentó un 14% en abril en comparación con el mismo período del año pasado, añadió, citando cambios en el índice de fletes de Drewry.

Existen grandes diferencias entre las rutas: algunos puertos africanos están experimentando un aumento en su actividad. La Autoridad Portuaria de Tanger Med informó que gestionó 11 millones de contenedores estándar en 2025, lo que representa un incremento del 8,4%.

Pero Egipto perdió los ingresos por peajes del Canal de Suez, que constituyen una parte importante de sus ingresos. Según CyclOpe, en 2024 perdió 7.000 millones de dólares, una caída de más del 60% en comparación con 2023.

(AFP)

FIRST ON FOX: The educational background of alleged White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter Cole Allen is generating renewed scrutiny from critics about the current state of academia and bias in the teaching profession and questions about far-left politics and rhetoric on college campuses, including the specific institutions the alleged shooter attended.

Allen graduated from Cal State University Dominguez Hills in May 2025 with a master’s degree in computer science, according to his LinkedIn page. He spent a few years at the Carson, California, institution that multiple university employees who spoke to Fox News Digital said is rife with far-left ideology and antipathy toward countering views to that.

«I was not shocked,» a CSU Dominguez employee, granted anonymity to protect against retribution, told Fox News Digital about the news Allen was a former student at the university. «Campus policy treats ICE like it is an invading army. There is constant talk of ‘the community under threat.’

«I hope no one here approves of violence, but continually talking about the government as a threat to the community isn’t healthy.»

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Some professors and administrators at CSUDH emphasize race and division in their teaching, and while they may not be the majority, they are highly visible and appear to be well supported, another employee said. 

For example, the employee explained that the university maintains three separate ethnic studies departments, Chicana/o studies, Africana studies and Asian Pacific studies, even though these programs have relatively few majors and graduates. Despite the university facing a serious financial crisis, there are no plans to consolidate them into a single department, which could reduce costs. 

«Faculty who spearheaded the push for an ‘ethnic studies’ requirement in the CSU were almost uniformly rewarded with deanships and administrative positions throughout the CSU,» the employee said.

Additionally, the Chicana/o Studies Department publicly supported Gaza on Nov. 3, 2023, weeks after the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre, but did not face any official consequences or requests to apologize, the employee said. 

«Conservative and independent professors and lecturers can expect scorn and insult when they try and actually voice their viewpoints, if not outright censure,» one of the employees told Fox News Digital. 

«Conservative students can realistically expect retaliation from faculty for disagreeing with said faculty member’s political views. I’ve heard a member dismiss a rather good student as being libertarian, ‘And, therefore, he can’t be that smart.’»

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Law enforcement personnel detain Cole Tomas Allen, a suspect in the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington, D.C., on April 25, 2026. (Donald J Trump via Truth Social/Handout via Reuters)

One of the employees suggested that «regular folks from 20 years ago likely «keep their mouths shut» so as not to be branded a «right-wing bigot.»

«If you aren’t ‘anti-racist’ you are part of the problem to many of the most vocal people here. Certainly, I’m not comfortable letting my views be fully known, and I’m a lifelong Democrat.»

One of the most prominent voices on campus during Allen’s tenure was the school’s president, who often talked about race and labeled the Trump administration as racist.

«We need to be cognizant of how our minds and spirits have been contaminated by the residuals of racism and White supremacy,» Thomas A. Parham, former president at Cal State University Dominguez Hills, said during a webinar last fall titled, «Liberation Psychology: Unlocking the Shackles of Conceptual Incarceration,» first reported by Gateway Pundit.

Parham served as the president of CSU Dominguez Hills from March 2018 through December, when he stepped down after the school’s Academic Senate passed a resolution of «no confidence» over his leadership during his tenure.

Parham said during the webinar it was his goal to «disrupt» and «dislodge» individuals who feel «comfortable» with the «way things are» when it comes to race.

«I want to dislodge them from that comfortable category of intellectual, emotional and behavioral apathy that has been stuck in the way things are and then acting in the way that happens,» Parham explained during the webinar, which was hosted by the American Psychological Association (APA) Leadership Development Institute.

 «If I need to adjust or disrupt that fragility in order to do that, that is the only thing that is going to instigate change. If I make them too comfortable, then all they do is receive information and passively go about doing it as if everything they’re doing is OK. So, I have to be one that’s unapologetic about being able to confront the fragility.»

Parham also offered criticism of Trump in the webinar, saying, «When you can brag about grabbing women by the privates, that is sexual assault that would wind everybody else up in jail. And 53% of the women still vote for you. Mostly White. You know this is something more than just a political issue.»

At another point in the webinar, Parham claimed the Trump administration doesn’t like minorities, saying, «Everybody knew this current federal administration was not liking Black folk, was not liking Latino folk and was not down with immigrants. Everybody knew that.» 

One of the CSU Dominguez employees told Fox News Digital, «That’s Parham.»

«He centered race in everything, but only in a Black-White binary despite campus being two-thirds Latino,» the employee said. «He was defiant about not following DOE/admin rules on DEI and always made it feel like if you weren’t far-left, you didn’t share the values of the ‘Toro Family.’ 

«A lot of professors, especially the loudest voices on campus, are the same way. I’m sure a lot of professors aren’t pushing an agenda, but the dominant narrative on campus, including from administration, that the mission of the university is race-conscious, leftist and activist.»

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On April 17, 2025, a month before Allen graduated, CSUDH faculty and staff joined a news conference and rally as part of the National Day of Action for Higher Education. This was coordinated with other Southern California campuses to protest what organizers called the Trump administration’s «attacks on higher education.»

Rick Addante, a neuroscientist who spent years working in the Cal State University system and was present during Parham’s webinar, which he posted online, told Fox News Digital he was «shocked and appalled at the kind of vile hate and discrimination that he [Parham] was spewing» and made the case that the political climate at CSU Dominguez was one that could easily radicalize an impressionable student.

Addante, who has been sounding the alarm on X over alleged liberal radicalization on college campuses over the last few years after being fired from Florida Tech after blowing the whistle on DEI, argues the rhetoric found in the shooter’s manifesto is indistinguishable from the official «ideological breeding ground» established by Parham. He believes the shooter was «indoctrinated» by an institutional culture that explicitly targets the Trump administration and its supporters.

«When you look at that, and you ask yourself, ‘Why is this person willing to run through a gauntlet of Secret Service people to attack the entire line of succession of the United States government and the president of the United States, where do his ideas, where do his thoughts and this drive come from?’» Addante said. «Well, to me, you can draw a straight line connecting the two dots because this is clearly what he was indoctrinated with.

«As far as I’m concerned, they should be yanking funding from all of these places and treating them like the madrasas for the terror breeding grounds that they are.»

Beginning in March 2020, Allen’s LinkedIn profile says, he joined C2 Education, a tutoring company, enrolling at California State University, Dominguez Hills, in 2022 to pursue an master’s in computer science, graduating in May 2025. That school also confirmed that a person by the same name graduated with a master’s degree that year.

A Dec. 30, 2024, Facebook post from C2 Education congratulated «Cole Allen of C2 Education Torrence on being honored as December teacher of the month.» A photo matching that of Allen was attached to the post.

According to law enforcement officials, Allen’s past includes descending into anti-Trump hate, attending at least one of the three «No Kings» protests organized over the past year by groups, including Democratic-leaning nonprofits, like Indivisible, MoveOn and American Federation of Teachers and a network of socialist organizations.

In the days after the high-profile shooting authorities say was carried out by Allen, social media users began pointing to his educational background and his leftist commentary on social media, while highlighting the allegations in recent years that the education system in the United States has been increasingly promoting and funding far-left ideologies.

«If you’re surprised that the wannabe Trump assassin is a teacher, you haven’t been paying attention,» political commentator Riley Gaines posted on X Monday in response to a Fox News Digital report highlighting the over $1 billion teachers unions have sent to far left causes over the last decade.

«The elephant in the room is that a left-wing teacher just tried to assassinate multiple members of the Trump administration after teachers unions spent more than $1 billion on left-wing causes,» Republican communicator Steve Guest posted on X in response to the same report.

In addition to attending CSU Dominguez, according to his online profile, Allen enrolled in the highly competitive California Institute of Technology, known as Caltech, in September 2013 to pursue a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, graduating in 2017.

Caltech has had its own issues with perceptions of far-left curriculum and ideology, highlighted most notably by a National Association of Scholars report that concluded DEI, widely viewed by conservative critics as a key tenet of far-left ideology on college campuses, is not just administrative at Caltech, it’s inserted into scientific research culture itself. 

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The report explains that «Caltech’s administration is thoroughly saturated with DEI’s broader ideological agenda» and that «DEI was established to operate at every level of campus work.» 

DEI was also a top priority of Parham during his tenure at CSU Dominguez, according to his own words in an exit interview where he took a shot at the Trump administration’s efforts to rein in race-based hiring and curriculum.

«We are acutely aware of the federal government’s hostility toward anything that looks like it wants to be diverse,» Parham said. «Not a surprise to us, but we try to delicately dance, not to skirt the law, but really to be in tune with the law as it is written, and separate out what is someone’s opinion and perspective about what they like and don’t like, versus technically what is legal.»

In the same interview, Parham expressed his reverence for anti-colonialist writer and activist Frantz Fanon, a French political philosopher who died in 1961, who was labeled the «Patron Saint of Political Violence» by The Atlantic in 2024. 

«They become mantras and symbols of possibility. When I see Fannie Lou Hamer talking about, ‘I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired,’ it sometimes creates the mood and the ambiance that allows me to kind of move forward,» Parham said when asked about the «Black intellectuals» that are «meaningful in his life.» 

«When I see Fanon, which is kind of my daily mantra, say that Each generation, out of relative obscurity, must reach out and seek to fulfill its legacy or betray it, I go to work every day and go to bed every night deciding, ‘Have I fulfilled or betrayed the legacy that I’ve been blessed to inherit by my ancestors and my elders?’»

In his farewell email to the university, obtained by Fox News Digital, Parham said he hoped his «lasting legacy» was his «commitment» to DEI measures. 

CSUDH’s interim president, Mary Ann Villarreal, appears to have made racial «equity» a key part of her resume as well, joining the university after serving as «vice president for institutional excellence at the American Association of Colleges and Universities, a global membership organization dedicated to advancing equity, innovation, and educational excellence,» according to her bio.

Before that, Villarreal served as the vice president for equity, diversity and inclusion.

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A sketch of Cole Allen during his first appearance at E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse in Washington, D.C., on April 27, 2026. (Dana Verkouteren)

«I am excited to join CSUDH in advancing its vital mission of serving California students in all their diversity and promise,» Villarreal said after her appointment in a press release on the school website. «Dominguez Hills is a beacon of inclusivity and a vital anchor for its community.» 

A spokesperson for CSU Dominguez pointed Fox News Digital to its previous statement on April 27 that said, «CSUDH reiterates its condemnation for the act of violence at the WHCA dinner. The university community is grateful for law enforcement’s swift response and greatly relieved that no one was seriously injured.»

In response to questions about the climate on campus, the spokesperson said, «CSUDH is committed to creating a safe, healthy environment in which our campus community can thrive and exchange ideas. Our mission is to provide a transformative educational experience that helps students in their academic and career journeys.

«CSUDH upholds the tenets of the First Amendment: Our staff, faculty, and students, each of whom has their own perspectives and life experiences, are free to engage in dialogue and debate. No one is discouraged from speaking their mind, and the university cannot and will not intervene in individual expression unless it violates the law. CSUDH urges anyone experiencing retaliation or harassment to make a report so that the university can respond appropriately and provide any necessary supports.»

A Caltech spokesperson told Fox News Digital the shooting incident is «deeply troubling» and that «we unequivocally denounce all forms of political violence and extend our concern and support to all those impacted by this incident.»

«Caltech is firmly committed to — and solely focused on — advancing knowledge; promoting critical, data-driven inquiry; and providing the next generation of scientists and engineers with access to research and learning experiences that drive discovery, innovation and technological advancement.»

The spokesperson also pointed to reporting on community members and classmates who have said Allen was actively involved with the Caltech Christian Fellowship club and fencing during his time at Caltech.

Nicole Neily, president of the education watchdog Defending Education, pointed to a 2024 report her organization released highlighting the «activist pipeline» on college campuses.

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«Colleges of education have strayed far from their mission of providing best practices and tactics for teachers, instead focusing on leveraging pupils to combat a so-called ‘oppressor-oppressed matrix,’» Neily said. 

«For far too long, teachers have viewed their role as ‘agents of social change’ rather than of educators, and the results of this sea change are obvious when looking at test scores. America’s students deserve to learn reading, writing and arithmetic — not be enlisted as child soldiers in progressives’ war on our country’s values.» 

Skeptic Research Center, a project of The Skeptics Society, released a study in 2025 suggesting a correlation between a high level of education and being more open to supporting political violence.

«Americans with the highest level of formal education were also the most supportive of political violence,» the study stated. «[Thirty-six] percent of those with a graduate or professional degree agreed at least somewhat with the statement, ‘If you are protesting something unjust, it is reasonable to damage property,’ while 40 percent agreed that ‘Violence is often necessary to create social change.’»

Addante told Fox News Digital that the April 25 shooting should be a wake-up call to the threat of radical ideology on college campuses nationwide. 

«Where did the manifesto come from? Where did the ideas that drove the manifesto and the actions and the threats, where did they come from? They didn’t come from Reddit. They didn’t come from social media,» Addante said.

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«They might have been exacerbated by Reddit and social media and Bluesky, and, sure, blame them too. But we’re not going to solve anything by blaming BlueSky and Reddit. We’re going to solve things by addressing the root cause, which is actually the ideological breeding grounds and where he was trained to think this way by the actual employed people receiving federal funds who specifically spent five — four years, five years teaching him literally this. 

«That is what we’re not doing as a country in focusing, and that’s why it’s going to continue to happen over and over again, because there are a thousand of these institutions around America.»

Fox News Digital’s Peter D’Abrosca and Asra Q. Nomani contributed to this report.