Die europäischen Staats- und Regierungschefs sehen in Trumps Truppenabzug aus Deutschland einen neuen Beweis dafür, dass sie einen Alleingang antreten müssen
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/european-leaders-trump-troop-drawdown-germany-go-alone-putin-iran-rcna343409
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One would think they would not need any more proof by now.
The US has some 90,000 troops already deployed in NATO territories. A withdrawal of a measly 5,000 means nothing and to be honest, is the biggest storm in a tea cup.
The only thing worse than having no friends is having friends you can’t trust.
US withdrawing troops from Europe is a good thing. The US won’t be capable to project power as much as they do in EMEA because without NATO and their bases in Europe it’ll become much more expensive. That means conducting stupid operations like the Iran war would be even more unpopular with the American public.
Another positive effect is for us European, that will likely speed up the creation of a pan-European army or at the very least make us more independent. We also won’t be coerced into buying US weapons in exchange of „protection“ anymore. NATO was good for us during the Cold War; I say it‘ time we replace it with something more European and stronger.
Trump has shown his priority is to loyal to Russia. This is why he has to withdraw troops because it will affirm his loyalty to Moscow, not NATO.
Good. I hope they’ll all leave and close the bases.
If American want advanced base later they can still renegociate. Until that we will take care of Russia, and you guys enjoy whatever you have with China, Iran, North Korea,…
This demonstrates a la k of strategic vision in the USA and shows how decision making and policy is now a product of Trump’s mood on a given day. For example, he placed special tariffs on Switzerland just because he didn’t like something that the Swiss leader said. Now he doesn’t like something Merz said about the Iran war and he has decided to withdraw troops. Next week he will do something else.
Obama scaled down troop deployment in Europe in order to pivot to Asia. Trump’s withdrawal of troops would be understandable if he was still following this kind of strategy, but he’s not; troops have been removed from the Asia-Pacific region too in order to be sent to the Middle East. So, is he moving troops from Germany as part of some Middle East strategy or is it because he got out of the wrong side of bed?
Given his record of loose talk and flip-flopping on tariffs, I think the answer is clear.
At least until he is out of office. The MAGA in the party will fall apart after Trump is done. They have no unifying leader. And they all hate each others guts. The party left standing is going to be the Libertarian Wing. And the Christian Conservative Wing. While the populists will crawl back under there rocks until the next populist comes around in 20 years.
Also aside from my opinion on Republican politics. Yeah, Democrats are not going to invest heavily into Europe either. The US Military is going to get an axe taken to it over the next 10 years. If we are not involved in Europe and I think it is highly likely the middle east we will pull out of also. Then there really isn’t a need to have the size of the military that we do have. We would still support Nato under the Democrats. But the support isn’t going to be what it was in the past.