BREAKING: Trump Directs U.S. Troop Reduction in Germany

BREAKING: Trump Directs U.S. Troop Reduction in Germany

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-directs-u-s-troop-reduction-in-germany-11591375651?mod=breakingnews

 

President Trump has directed the Pentagon to remove thousands of U.S. troops from Germany by September, U.S. government officials said Friday.

 

The move would reduce the U.S. troop presence in Germany by 9,500 troops from the 34,500 troops that are permanently assigned there.

 

The move also caps the number of U.S. service members who are in Germany at any one time at the 25,000-troop level. Under current practice, overall troop levels can rise to as high as 52,000 as units rotate in and out or take part in training exercises.

 

The change was ordered by the White House in a memorandum signed recently by White House National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien, the officials said Friday.

 

One person familiar with the decision said that it has been under discussion within the administration since September and not linked to the decision by German Chancellor Angela Merkel not to attend a G-7 meeting that Mr. Trump was to host in Washington at the end of June.

 

But it comes amid sharp strains in U.S. relations with Germany, including over Germany’s level of military spending.

 

Richard Grenell, the former ambassador to Germany who recently stepped down as the acting director of national intelligence, has long pressed for a troop cut amid complaints that the German government isn’t spending enough on its own defense.

 

Germany’s defense minister promised last year to meet the NATO goal of spending 2% of its GDP on defense, but the target date for meeting that objective is 2031.

Pentagon officials declined to comment.

 

Write to Michael R. Gordon at [e-mail] and Gordon Lubold at [e-mail]

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• 好消息。让德国人自己去面对俄罗斯这头白极熊。 -LakeTree- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 10:29:24

• 支持！美国目前困难，应该美国优先，而且德国还与TG勾勾搭搭，干啥出钱出力保卫？ -甜齿- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 10:31:07

• 赞。看到没有，这才是为美国做事的！ -lakelavon- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 10:34:17

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• 说说理由 -公说婆有理- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 10:39:49

• 现在这个坎过的去过不去再说。地主家没余粮了。 -BJming- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 10:44:12

• 我在下面回了。 -BJming- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 10:49:01

• 3 -盘山- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 10:50:30

• 3 -盘山- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 11:02:53

• 已经没有德裔美国人这个概念了。trump就是个例子。 -BJming- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 11:17:57

• 抬杠了，我给你的两个例子都是家里现在还说德语的。真的除了天朝，白人没有故土难离那种情节。给你的电影 -BJming- ♂ (285 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 11:47:59

• 是啊，今早有酒今朝醉 -红尘一丈- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 10:48:44

• 商人当总统腻味了。 -andy47- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 10:48:45

• 大概希望美国继续全额承担世界警察的责任吧。美国已经没有那个实力了，先退回来解决自己的问题先。 -lakelavon- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 10:52:07

• 美国啥时候是全部承担了？至少德国一直付钱的吧。 -XiaoL- ♀ (259 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 11:14:40

• 不是在谈吗？为了要钱还挨骂。叫大哥有什么用，照样弄欧元出来试图取代美元，照样跟中国勾兑，美国有办法吗？有钱才是硬道理。 -lakelavon- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 11:23:42

• 关系好私下里肯定谈得下来。老川一上台就大嘴巴，说德国占便宜啥的。关系先搞僵当然难谈了。唉。。 -XiaoL- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 11:30:47

• 奥八马跟她交情好吧，谈下来了吗？喔，连谈都没谈。国家利益跟私人交情没啥关系. -lakelavon- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 11:42:28

• O8不谈是他的事。不过其实两德统一后美军就开始撤了，早就撤了一大半了。 -XiaoL- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 11:47:09

• 等于把欧洲的部分军事空间让给了俄罗斯 -锦衣卫- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 11:00:06

• 哈哈哈哈哈哈！ -红尘一丈- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 10:41:47

• 你是在米帝富强的角度看，和一路一带一样，只要钱跟不上了，马上骂娘。trump战略很明确 -BJming- ♂ (135 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 10:48:34

• 3 -盘山- ♀ (12 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 10:58:01

• 合约是双方的。另一面和美国对手眉来眼去的还要求保护，开什么玩笑！ -落英如雪- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 12:21:44

• 如果川老大命令从日本全部撤军，是不是全世界人民也都很开心啊？？ -红尘一丈- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 10:53:17

• 让日本拥核，美国仅作军事后盾，如果日本觉得安全有保障，撤军也未尝不可 -lakelavon- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 10:57:03

• 就是在逼迫德国选边站，构建新冷张世界秩序 -钱百万- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 11:04:02

• _ -marienplatz- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 10:58:00

• 波兰早就表态了，欢迎美军，波兰出搬家费，如果德国让美军走。给美军基地服务的人大概有20万 -BJming- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 11:08:59

• 波兰这种穷国出得起几个钱交保护费补贴美国军费的？ -XiaoL- ♀ (445 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 11:27:51

• 美国人向来慷慨。真没钱的就当扶贫了。现在改正的是明明有钱不掏把美国当冤大头的“盟友” -落英如雪- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 12:55:30

• 这是老川国际博弈的一部分。 你想想马上就要和俄国成盟国了， 保卫德国是保那们子卫？ -总要注册- ♂ (115 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 10:59:07

• 真不真心不重要啊，难道德国就真心了？利益而已 -lakelavon- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 11:08:44

• 要知道国家间只有利益。 回顾一下， 70年代末， 80年代初， 中国和美国结盟时，中国是和美国真心结盟吗？ -总要注册- ♂ (50 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 11:12:25

• 老百姓的崇美， 不代表领导人也是真心崇美的人， 尤其对TG的领导人， 否则，现在的中美现状该如何解释呢？ -总要注册- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 11:19:48

• 厉害国的老百姓真被洗脑了， 还是说违心话， 都很难讲。 如果让中国的老百姓 -总要注册- ♂ (69 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 12:02:01

• 不见得吧？ 你给他绿卡， 您看他来不来？ -总要注册- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 12:04:41

• 德国不敲打一下不行，不来美国参加G7却要去中国参加中欧峰会，这是几个意思？现在川普小棒一挥，德国果然改口说不去中国开会了。 -红尘-滚滚- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 11:17:00

• 中欧峰会是在欧洲开好吧，哪里有说在中国开了？ -XiaoL- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/05/2020 postreply 11:21:49