Pentagon to pull 6,400 US troops from Germany following Trump demands, slammed as gift to Russia

Twenty-two Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee fired back with a letter to Trump saying a reduced U.S. commitment to Europe’s defense would encourage Russian aggression and opportunism.Germany is a hub for U.S. operations in the Middle East and Africa. The decision to keep nearly half the forces in Europe, is a clear move by the Pentagon to assuage allies by avoiding the complete withdrawal of 10,000 troops out of the region.

Trump announced last month that he wanted to cut the number of active duty U.S. troops in Germany from roughly 36,000 to a bit more than 25,000. Shifting forces out of the country had long been rumored and is in line with Pentagon efforts to put more troops in the Indo-Pacific. But Trump’s comments indicated the move was tied more directly to his anger over Germany’s failure to meet NATO defense spending goals.

At a Rose Garden event last month with Polish President Andrzej Duda, Trump said that some of the troops from Germany would go to Poland and some would go to “other places.” Overall, the U.S. has about 47,000 troops and civilian personnel in Germany, spread out across a number of bases, headquarters and smaller installations. Most of the 35,000 active-duty are in a handful of larger Army and Air Force bases including Ramstein Air Base, a hub in the region. There also are 2,600 National Guard and Reserve forces in Germany, and almost 12,000 civilians working for the services or the Defense Department.

Due in part to President Trump’s pressure, NATO allies are spending $69 billion more on defense since 2016. He promised that America would not be the 'police' for the rest of the world.

'The plan leaves about 25,000 troops in Germany.' and, bringing home such a small fraction is still going to take several years, says the Pentagon I'm not getting the idea there is much movement, the American Empire continues intact in spite of Trump

Costing US taxpayers billions of dollars...

Last time I checked, Poland sits between Russia and Germany. So, to avoid Russia invading Germany, doesn’t it make sense to increase our presence in Poland? And at the same time it is a message to Germany to step up and pull their own economic weight in NATO. Makes sense.

Yea

Helping Russian case in point

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PutinsPuppet at it again! Marching to Putin’s orders. Time to rid our White House of this security menance. Vote out realDonaldTrump

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