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| Subject: Excellent! Trump weighs up options for a potential large scale withdrawal of military from Germany Mon Jul 02, 2018 6:15 pm | |
| The Defense Department is looking at a large scale withdrawal of US troops from Germany after growing tensions between President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The Washington Post reports that Trump was taken aback by the number of US troops in the country, which is currently around 35,000 and is said to have complained that other countries were not paying enough to NATO.
Some European officials are said to alarmed at the possibility of US troop movements and wonder whether it is merely a negotiating tactic ahead of a NATO summit in Brussels.
Trump is expected to criticize US allies for insufficient defense spending during the summit.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5906359/Trump-weighs-options-potential-large-scale-withdrawal-military-Germany.html |
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