Update/correction: Merz said exchange of words with Trump not reason for American withdrawal
There is no connection between the withdrawal of 5,000 American troops from Germany and the public exchange of words between US President Trump and German Chancellor Merz. Merz stated this in an interview with the German broadcaster ARD.
The redeployment of troops will bring the number of service members roughly to pre-2022 levels
They reduce troop numbers by less than 10%. I believe this is mostly theatre, and not a real policy change.
And again trump shoots himself in the foot, the same way he did when he stopped usaid. Oh well. Let them blunder their way into obscurity. We are better for it.
Oh, congrats on the W, Germany.
Fucking idiotic just giving away spheres of influence and thinking it hurts the other side.
and thinking it hurts the other side.
Are we really sure about that part? He’s hurting his own side so much, so often, so consistently that we enter the realm where we must consider actual intent.
Less mouths to feed for German charities next time they freeze their budget https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/us-militaer-in-bayern-empfahl-truppe-gang-zur-tafel-a-6f366675-c1aa-465a-9a46-2379fb73c2fc
Close Ramstein next. Do it!
We should honestly just tell them to pull out all their troops and close their bases and watch them scramble. Those bases are very much in the interest of the US projecting power on the middle east and africa
thats just 13% of the total force stationed in germany. He wont give up Rammstein, the Pentagon would litterly shoot him if he tried, as this is the place they command/control their drones etc. for the middle east.
I am still have not given hope, that one day Germany will just threaten the US to close Ramstein or actually will do it. If the troll in the white house keeps threatening us.
I don’t see anything bad about it.
Nice.
Good riddance. I don’t like having an invasion force within our borders. Please withdraw the rest as well and take the fucking nukes along.
Bet the troops would like to stay in Germany.
From Trump’s side it’s used as deflection from the fact that he has to send more troops into his not-war-but-military-operation anyway. Something he actually is good at - deflection and pretending.
