Reuters: U.S. decision to withdraw troops from Germany 'unacceptable' - Merkel ally
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany’s coordinator for transatlantic ties has criticised U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw thousands of troops from Germany.
Trump has ordered the U.S. military to remove 9,500 troops from Germany, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.
“This is completely unacceptable, especially since nobody in Washington thought about informing its NATO ally Germany in advance,” Peter Beyer, a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives, told the Rheinische Post newspaper.
Following Trump’s decision, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in a newspaper interview that he regretted the planned withdrawal of U.S. soldiers from Germany, describing Berlin’s relationship with the United States as “complicated”.
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WNU Editor: After being warned by President Trump for three years that Germany needs to increase its commitment to NATO defense. Coupled with Berlin making promises that they would meet their commitments .... but fell short all the time. Throw in Germany's push for extensive economic ties with China and Russia, while ignoring US geopolitical and national security concerns. The U.S. had to make a decision, and they did.
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