Trump: US Will Reduce Troop Presence in Germany by Half Until Berlin Covers NATO Bill

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Trump: US Will Reduce Troop Presence in Germany by Half Until Berlin Covers NATO Bill

Citing Berlin’s alleged delinquency “in their payments to NATO,” US President Donald Trump declared on Monday that Washington will reduce its military presence in Germany by more than half.

Following a roundtable on “Fighting for America’s Seniors,” the US president announced that the US troop deployment in Germany would decrease to 25,000 troops, according to Reuters. 

CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale noted that the so-called debt refers to the NATO target which urges every member to spend “2% of [its] GDP on defense.” 

Furthermore, the NATO target agreement has a 2024 deadline. 

This followed the issuance of a letter to Trump from 22 Republican members of the House Armed Services Committee who opposed such a move. 

“The threats posed by Russia have not lessened, and we believe that signs of a weakened U.S. commitment to NATO will encourage further Russian aggression and opportunism,” Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX) said in the lawmakers’ open letter to the US president. 

 

Sourse: sputniknews.com

Trump: US Will Reduce Troop Presence in Germany by Half Until Berlin Covers NATO Bill

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