. The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss plans not yet announced, said the moves will cost “billions” and require construction at bases in the U.S. to accommodate the additional forces. The officials said that in the future other troops would rotate in and out of Europe.
Sen. Jim Inhofe, the Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has voiced support for the plan while also acknowledging it will take “months to plan and years to execute.” He was briefed on the issue last week, and he issued a statement saying the “concept for realigning U.S. military posture in Europe” is sound.
At a Rose Garden event last month with Duda, Trump said that some of the troops from Germany would go to Poland and some would go to “other places.”sending about 1,000 more troops to Poland
'Russian threat' is a term used by Western propagandists to distract stupid Americans and Europeans from the real problems of migrant occupation, bad demography, and so on. By the way, in Russia they do the opposite and blame the West.
I don’t think the president issues wishes. I think he gives orders. Can we at least stay in the vernacular of the office? You are writers, aren’t you?
something to do with Putin's private army now in Belarus ?
Is there anything this guy or a single person he has hired done right ?
I wonder what the ultimate agenda Putin has for this move?
Love all the ignorant comments saying Trump is doing Putin's bidding, not realizing we're building up our presence in former Eastern block nations that are now allies (Allies far more dedicated to countering Russia).
BretBaier Still one more soldier than the Germans appreciate.
Now we know what he talked to Putin about rather than bounties on our troops.
President Trump has warned other nations they must step up and pay their part of the NATO bill. Trump has branded Germany “delinquent” for failing to meet a NATO goal set in 2014.
Vladimir Putin is trying to get as much work done as he can in case he looses the election in November.
Next week we'll read Russia send troops to support Germany.
BretBaier 1 brigade home, 1 brigade East 25k to remain....25% of the Cold War strength
More troops to follow since Germany is a ally who can protect itself by funding its own army. Germany does not want to fully participate in the force multiplyer NATO. If they pay their share we will work with them.
If the EU is so worried about Russia’s intentions why are they funding Russia with their natural gas purchases?
Leftists: 'Pull your troops out of Portland!!' Leftists: 'HOW DARE he pull troops out of foreign countries!!' They WANT our troops in a peaceful country overseas, but DON'T want our troops in our own nation that is on fire.
Leftists prior to Trump: “we need to bring our troops home!” *Trump brings home troops from Germany. Leftists: “DRUMPF IS SECRETLY WORKING FOR PUTIN AND IS A RUSSIAN AGENT!”
ABOUT TIME! And I'm saying that as a German citizen 🇩🇪. Hope they remove all their soldiers and military equipment in time!
How about an article on how much monies our Senate and House members make off of our military presence outside of the USA and why they like keeping the MiddleEast in turmoil?
Joie_de_Vivre__ PUTINS WISH
So LyingDonnie will increase troops in other countries in Europe.
It's amazing to me how many twitter experts come out of nowhere to comment on NATO and foreign policy.
You people realize this isn't just Trump's decision right? Like he can't just demand that this happen, the DoD has to aggree
How dumb. Whoever is ok with this in our military should resign now. Traitors
_Politics This is so damned wrong....just delay this until we can vote this ass out of office.
Bring them all home, from everywhere, immediately.
In other words US troops to return home ASAP to terrorize innocent protesters & media newassignment neworders nato
Merkel should be nicer to Putin
Early Christmas for Putin compliments of Trump and the GOP.
The amount of bootlickers who love big daddy govt telling countries what they can and cannot do is strong in this thread.
Good, tell MERKEL to spend more $$$$ to defend their borders against the Russians !!
Is it realDonaldTrump that wants it, or Putin? Hard to tell these days. Kinda like pulling our soldiers off the Turkish border with Syria.
BretBaier It’s about time waste of money and resources NATO a joke we need to think about 26 trillion!
Good. Americans shouldn’t be fighting other countries wars.
BretBaier Another good business move. NATO needs to share in the protection of Europe
BretBaier Wow! Scary interview. Not even a high school level understanding of geopolitics.
You know if war breaks out. It will cost millions of lives and billions to bring the troops back...
oh Putin loves this move
We need those bases for the chinese.
People: Bring troops home and end troops in Foreign Countries. Trump brings people home. Same People: He's Putin's Puppet!
Won’t happen. Just anoth idol threat. He won’t be in office to complete it. Next.
BretBaier Still sounds like a lot of troops. What do they do? What’s the benefit to cost numbers?
Why?
The United States of Russia
Fulfilling Putin's wishes again, I see.
That’s great! As AngelaMerkel suggested to keep talking & doing business with world largest evil, US respect her decision! AFP TheLocalGermany dwnews Europarl_EN IndoPac_Info TheLocalItaly Telegraph BBCNews BrusselsTimes australian nzherald globalnews AlJazeera
Bad decision for the US, NATO and Germany!
Why do we have troops in Germany? Germany doesn’t have troops in the United States.
Germany should remeber this and reduce it troops sending into nato missions. Those are usa wars
If you think 12,000 troops are going to intimidate Russia or stop them you are uninformed. Russia has 850K to a million soldiers. Maybe we could use them in some of cities that are on fire. Bring them home.
BretBaier Here. I corrected lede for you: “U.S. defense officials will fulfill Vlad Putin’s wish and pull roughly 12,000 troops out of Germany...
cryborg It’ll take years so don’t worry. Any next president can change this
Doesnt have a clue, about most things.
The season of poorly thought out execution of 'campaign promises' begins.... Maybe 3+ years of planning might have come in handy....
This is Putin’s wish (demand).
Germany is a lot safer!
BretBaier Yes! Why should we protect that bunch of hoity-toity liberal yahoos?
BretBaier Bring them all home.
This move actually counters Russia even more by adding troops to other European countries. Really smart actually. Anyone on here saying “Putin’s Wish” is completely ignorant of the Euro-Russian strategy.
BretBaier AP capital 'B' 😂
You mean Putin's wish?
The other 5400 troops will be assigned to guard Putin.
WWII ended 75 years ago. Soviet threat is gone. It's about time.
This is what he's discussing with Putin instead of calling out Putin for putting bounties on the heads of our troops...Where are fucking Republicans?
At Putin's request TrumpIsATraitor
Assembling his Praetorian Guard in time to impose ‘Martial Law’ when the (hopefully) voting confirms that tRUMP is gone?
Thinking is probably that they are needed on the streets.
Are we wasting money leaving 25,000 in Germany? Have them come home and protect our borders and not Germany's.
Another great win for Russia... Putin owns the GOP
BretBaier If Germany isn't going to take it's own security seriously by becoming dependent on Russia for energy, why should we?
WTF?
It's not called a wish it's called an order
The shrieks of the warhawks is always like music. Unfortunately, this move does little to nothing to de-escalate the unnecessary tensions with Russia or end any of the ongoing bloodshed and war crimes their beloved government has already been committing.
Russian bots on this thread are strong 💪🏼 really trying to divide us
Still, way too many. GTFO.
He gives away America's sphere of influence for nothing but petty spite. What a trash president.
Interesting pulling troops out of a country where its eastern half was at one time under Russian and communist rule. I wonder Putin advised Trump to do this.
The USA hasn't been in a war for a while so it's starting to invade itself.
Doesn’t bother me at all. As a military member who has served multiple tours overseas, we really don’t need to be stationed overseas anymore. We can fly to any place in the world in less than 24 hrs. Use that money at home for medical.
All 45 is good at is pulling out.
WHY?
This is a truly rare case where Trump is doing something I have no issue with. We've not had need for a military presence in Germany for 30 years. It's time to reallocate those resources elsewhere.
More ground troops for his secret police here in the US prior to the election. RedFlagWarning
I never thought I would see the day when bringing troops home was a Republican issue, and keeping them in foreign nations was a Democrats. What happened to not being the world police? Germany is not under threat from Russia they trade with them, Germany can defend itself as well
Weird that this move has everyone talking about how weak Germany is and how Putin's plans of German conquest can finally be realized.
What are they gonna do?
BretBaier Good! It’s past time for Germany, and the rest of Europe, to step up and provide their own defense instead of relying on American taxpayers.
*Putin’s wish.
Putin will be pleased.
So the military takes orders from the commander and chief. Got it. Shocking.
Great president obeying Putin's orders, giving his country to the one from whom he want love.
Trump weakens America … we think it might be a favor for Putin.
They're needed on the streets of Democratic Governor states
More proof that Trump works for Putin, not America! TrumpWorksForPutin
realDonaldTrump marching to Putin’s orders leaving Europe vulnerable. Time to get PutinsPuppet out of office!
BretBaier Defense officials don’t decide to fulfill the wishes of THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. They obey commands from THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF. WTF is wrong with you?
good
Then why do we need to soend more money on the military?
Putin probably asked him too.
BretBaier US government do totally correct decision. The German government has been infiltrated and kidnapped by interests. Germany will not dare to confront China again. Germany has picked a wrong side. For the third time (if another world war is happening).
Why? Because they don’t like him there.
To put on U.S. streets
Spent two years there in the Air Force. The Germans will be happy. There are far to many of us there.
BretBaier The eastern bloc countries want our help more than German to stop Russia. Plus we’ve been in Germany and Japan for 70+years deuces!! ✌🏻
Just so he can use them against Americans BlackLivesMatter coronavirus
They're going to need new uniforms before they're redeployed to Portland, Seattle and elsewhere.
You misspelled 'Putin's'
Still a ton of troops in Germany.
That's fine. Can we reduce the bloated military budget?
Germany is one of Russia’s biggest importers. What are we protecting Germany against?
Germany, my favorite duty assignment! Absolutely loved it
This is a pro Russian move by Trump. Germany is the firewall against Russian expansionism and military adventurism. What will it take to stop Trump’s work to support and advance Putin’s agenda. Trump is a national security risk that must be dealt with.
Is it Putin's birthday?
Reuters cspanwj USATODAY NewsHour JudyWoodruff TaskandPurpose CNNPolitics MSNBC FoxNews foxandfriends Vladimir Putin says thank you very much.
Getting ready for poll watching duty probably.
They don't need to be in Germany anymore. If Obama did this, the media wouldn't even blink. Most people don't even realize we don't even have tanks in Germany.
BretBaier How we gonna win the war in Germany without troops ? 😎
it's a chest move he's trying to use those military here at home to keep terrorising americans I hope my battle buddies remember their oath to the constitution
BretBaier Awesome
Putin's wish*
BretBaier You mean they'll obey the lawful order from their lawful commander in chief? WHAT AND IDEA.
So that’s what Putin and trump talked about on their last call.
Remember Trump is using the guise of NATO spending 2% as his pretence for pulling the troops out. Failing to recognize that that agreement was set for 2024, not now. And it's impossible for any government to buy equipment and expand overnight. Germany just bought 45 F-18's.
[Putin checks another box off his wish list.]
“fulfill President Trump’s wish” 🙄 literally cannot keep themselves from editorializing in the headlines. It’s comical 😂
All because Angela Merkel turned down Donald's G7 invite.
It is going to take Joe Biden at least 4 yrs. to undo all of Trumps damage!
Good
The US has 800 military bases around the world.
BretBaier Keep an eye on this and make sure it happens.
Error in your reporting. This is President *Putin’s* wish.
Until january 2021 and then move them back again? What a waste of money just to please Putin.
Good!
wonder if Putin gave him those exact numbers or trump just guesstimating those are the numbers Putin wants.
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