The us president, Donald Trump, will withdraw 9500 american soldiers out of Germany.
It says the president at a press conference Monday.
Trump thereby confirms a senior, unnamed officer’s earlier announcement to bring the number of soldiers in Germany, down from 34.500 25.000.
According to Trump, Germany spends not enough resources on the defense compared to what is required of forsvarsalliancen Nato. He says that until Germany makes it, will the US remove its troops.
Germany has been informed of the u.s. plan to reduce the number of soldiers, informs the German ambassador in the UNITED states.
the Resolution will likely lead to concern in several places in Europe regarding the UNITED states’involvement and interest in the continent. Like the will probably excite wonder at Trumps medrepublikanere in Congress.
The unnamed official said barely two weeks ago, that the decision is a result of months of work by the american chief, Mark Milley, and has nothing to do with the tensions between chancellor Angela Merkel and Trump.
Merkel with a had namely been an obstacle to the Trumps plans to host a G7 summit this month.
another senior official said that the 9500 soldiers are being sent to other places: Some to Poland, some to other allied countries and some to the UNITED states. This is, however, not confirmed by Donald Trump.
Trump has previously pushed for increased defense spending in Germany. He has also accused the German government to be a Russian ‘catch’ because of Germany’s dependence on Russian gas.
About 17,000 civilian employees support the american soldiers in Germany. It is assumed that the UNITED states has nuclear weapons in Germany.