“According to The Telegraph, US President Donald Trump considers the possibility of withdrawing US troops from Germany and relocation to Eastern Europe, in particular to Hungary, which maintains close relations with Russia.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: The Telegraph with reference to sources
Details: Trump considers the possibility of withdrawing about 35,000 servicemen from Germany, which will further worsen relations between the US and Europe.
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Literally From the publication of The Telegraph: “The President of the United States, who has repeatedly warned that Europe should invest more in its defense capability, is increasingly disappointed by the continent” pushes for war “, say sources close to the administration.”
Details: About 160,000 servicemen are stationed outside the United States, the vast majority of them in Germany.
“Trump is angry that they (Europe – ed.) It seems to be pushing for war (the third world – ed.),” – said a source close to the White House.
Brian Guz, a spokesman for the US national security, said: “Although no specific decisions are made, the US military always considers the possibility of redeploying troops around the world for the best confrontation with current threats to our interests.”
According to The Telegraph, Trump considers the possibility of relocation of troops from Germany to Hungary, which maintains close relations with Russia.
It is noted that Trump is considering the possibility of redeployment of part of US troops in Europe so that they are concentrated around NATO countries that increase their defensive costs to achieve GDP targets.
This is part of the administration’s plans for redistribution of NATO participation in favor of Member States with higher defensive costs.
Trump has repeatedly criticized NATO countries for failure to reach the current two -percent level of expenditures, arguing that this disproportion puts an unfair burden on the United States.
That preceded: Earlier it was reported that Trump is considering making significant changes to the US NATO’s policy.
Trump has repeatedly criticized NATO countries for not reaching the current goal – spending 2% of their GDP on defense. He argued that this disproportion is unfair and creates an additional burden for the United States.
More than ten years ago, NATO countries have agreed to set a cost target for each of them at 2% of GDP. But Trump insists on increasing this percentage. He recently stated that NATO members should spend 5% of its GDP on defense, although the United States is not currently doing so.
Trump threatened to withdraw the US from NATO during its first term and questioned the benefits of Article 5 for the US.
Read also: Trump demands 5%: how NATO countries increased their defense costs and what happens next.