Pentagon to pull 12,000 US troops from Germany following Trump demands, slammed as gift to Russia
The Pentagon is proceeding with President Donald Trump's plan to move 12,000 U.S. troops out of Germany – about 6,400 forces will be brought home and 5,400 shifted to other countries in Europe, U.S. defense officials said Wednesday.
"They take advantage of us on trade, and they take advantage of us on the military," Trump said of Germany on Wednesday, speaking to White House reporters. Russiagate: Do 'bounties' on US troops in Afghanistan reflect a line crossed or 'nothing new' in long US-Russia history? "The plan outlined by the administration today to remove thousands of U.S. troops from Germany is a grave error. It is a slap in the face at a friend and ally when we should instead be drawing closer in our mutual commitment to deter Russian and Chinese aggression," said Republican Senator Mitt Romney."And it is a gift to Russia coming at a time when we just have learned of its support for the Taliban and reports of bounties on killing American troops.
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