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The Republican War Over Trump’s Germany Troop Pullout

As he blasts the “unbelievably powerful military-industrial complex,” Trump is contemplating a troop pullout from Germany—and House Republicans are protesting.

by Jacob Heilbrunn

June 10, 2020


The House Republicans are going to war—against Donald Trump. On Tuesday, twenty-two members of the House Armed Services Committee, including Mac Thornberry, denounced the initiative floated by the Trump administration of pulling a quarter of U.S. troops based in Germany. “We believe that such steps would significantly damage U.S. national security as well as strengthen the position of Russia to our detriment," the lawmakers wrote. The rift between Trump and the defense hawks is emblematic of the longstanding tensions between the two sides. As Trump falls in the polls, it could become even starker in coming months.

Trump has become more unbridled about his contempt for the Washington defense hawks in recent weeks, lamenting that “the military-industrial complex is unbelievably powerful” in a recent interview. He also dismissed the idea that America should be involved in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq or Turkey: “They’ve been guarding the border for 2000 years. Why should we have our people guarding the Turkey-Syria border? We don’t give a shit what happens. It’s up to them.”

Currently, 35,000 American troops are stationed in Germany. The move was first reported by the Wall Street Journal, which noted that national security adviser Robert O’Brien had signed off on the move rather than the Pentagon brass. Trump, as is his penchant, seemed to be ignoring the formal chain of command in what not a few detractors interpreted as a swipe at German chancellor Angela Merkel’s refusal to travel to America for a G-7 meeting this summer. Richard Grenell, who was until recently Trump’s ambassador to Berlin, has made no secret of his contempt for Berlin’s lack of Teutonic martial fervor and urged Trump to take a harder line.

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Re: The Republican War Over Trump’s Germany Troop Pullout
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2020, 12:55:33 am »
Transfer them over to Poland -- a country which still believes in the notions of a Christian, Western culture...