A group of Republican lawmakers in the House of Representatives urged President Donald Trump on Tuesday to reconsider his decision to cut the ...
he would cut the number of US troops in Germany to 25,000, faulting the close US ally for failing to meet NATO's defence spending target and accusing it of taking advantage of the US on trade.
His plans, which would mean a reduction of about 9,500 troops and would be a remarkable rebuke to one of the closest US trading partners, had immediately drawn ire from Democrats and Republicans alike. "This is not the time to take any action that might cause the Putin regime to question the credibility of the NATO deterrent or might lead our NATO allies and partners to doubt the US commitment to our collective security," the lawmakers wrote in the letter, a copy of which was seen by Reuters.
The lawmakers also warned that Moscow and Beijing sought to sow divisions between the US and its allies, and said they were troubled to see that many US allies had not been consulted on the plans to reduce US troop numbers in Germany.Trump accused Germany of being"delinquent" in its payments to NATO and vowed to stick with the plan unless Berlin changed course. NATO in 2014 set a target that each of its 30 members should spend 2 per cent of GDP on defence.
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