Das Pentagon bricht die Entsendung Tausender Truppen nach Europa ab

**From The Telegraph:**

The Pentagon has abruptly cancelled the deployment of 4,000 troops to Poland, prompting calls for Britain to end its military reliance on the US.

Troops from the second Armoured Brigade Combat Team (ABCT), which forms part of America’s first Cavalry Division, had already been sent abroad to prepare for the group’s arrival when a defence department memo cancelled the operation.

Poland is a critical line of defence, protecting Nato’s eastern flank from Russia, with US troops providing significant military muscle as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve.

The move is another blow to Europe following the decision by Donald Trump to withdraw 5,000 US troops from Germany.

The US president was said to have been angered by the German chancellor Friedrich Merz’s claim that Iran had “humiliated” American troops.

Gen Sir Richard Shirreff, who served as Nato Deputy Supreme Commander Europe from 2011-2014, told The Telegraph that Britain must “wake up to the fact” America is no longer “underwriting European security”.

The former Nato commander accused Mr Trump of having a “hissy fit” over the comments by Mr Merz, which appeared to have prompted the withdrawal. “Bloody well wake up and smell the coffee Europe,” the retired military chief said.

“Wake up Nato to the fact America is no longer underwriting security. Wake up to the fact Europe and Canada have to revamp Nato to be an alliance of middle powers.

“What’s happened is no surprise… The Labour Party must stop its ridiculous inter-fighting and sign off on that long-delayed defence investment plan.”

**More here:** [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/05/14/pentagon-cancels-deployment-of-thousands-of-troops/](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/05/14/pentagon-cancels-deployment-of-thousands-of-troops/)

i’m more and more convinced trump is just working with our enemies here. first there was removing THAAD from south korea and moving it to the middle east bc i guess iran war is gonna last longer then anyone admits making the US weaker in the asian theater where the next war will take place. and now its removing troops 5000 troops from europe and removing a deployment of 4000 troops as an act of “retaliation” for i guess europe being mean? thats totally worth weakening international cohesion between our NATO bound partners. i mean allies sorry as trump would say “bloodsucking no good freeloading leeches” before he calls putin and Xi “good friends” and “genius leaders” in the next breath

I dont see the problem here. Its a armored brigade same with the 5000 soldiers from germany. We should be ready to field those on our own and i dont think American troops should be needed for that. So far none of the crucial assets have beeen withdrawn and i dont see the US doing this.

What blows my mind is that five years ago so many Americans and Europeans on Reddit would constantly advocate for American withdrawal from Europe. The Americans were tired of playing world policeman and wanted to focus on the home front, and the Europeans didn’t want continued American influence on their politics.

Now everyone here is acting so shocked and angry like Europe is being betrayed by the exact thing they have advocated for. I get that Trump is a terrible messenger but it just goes to show how fickle and irrational most people are.

The Cold War ended a long time ago. There’s no reason for American troops to be in Europe and Europeans don’t want them there anyway. Make everyone happy except for the Middle East warmongers and stop the deployments.

I don’t see the big deal. They shouldn’t need us and we shouldn’t want to be there. We need to stop wasting resources playing world police.