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Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump's decision to pull nearly 12,000 US troops from Germany triggered an onslaught of disapproval from Republicans, Democrats and former senior military officials, who said the move will benefit Russia, degrade US national security and military readiness, cost US taxpayers billions and undermine US relations with Germany, NATO and Europe.
Trump's explanation to reporters about the withdrawal, announced Wednesday morning by Defense Secretary Mark Esper, misrepresented how NATO works and contradicted his own military officials, raising questions about what strategy -- if any -- drove the decision.
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We know that Trump did not give a damn enough about American lives in Afghanistan to confront Putin about GRU bounties on American lives. Not content to disregard American lives, his administration has given Putin another gift: withdrawal of 12,000 troops from Germany. Putin has sought this for years. The decision by Trump is so fucked up, Administration officials can‘t even come up for a rationale for the withdrawal.
It may be that Trump is just repaying past favors to Putin or does not like Merkel or NATO or all of the above, but there can be no doubt that Trump is the gift that keeps on giving to one of our greatest adversaries and all to our detriment.
Trump's explanation to reporters about the withdrawal, announced Wednesday morning by Defense Secretary Mark Esper, misrepresented how NATO works and contradicted his own military officials, raising questions about what strategy -- if any -- drove the decision.
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Trump's decision to move troops from Germany slammed as 'a gift to Putin' | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump's decision to pull nearly 12,000 US troops from Germany triggered an onslaught of disapproval from Republicans, Democrats and former senior military officials, who said the move will benefit Russia, degrade US national security and military readiness, cost US taxpayers...
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We know that Trump did not give a damn enough about American lives in Afghanistan to confront Putin about GRU bounties on American lives. Not content to disregard American lives, his administration has given Putin another gift: withdrawal of 12,000 troops from Germany. Putin has sought this for years. The decision by Trump is so fucked up, Administration officials can‘t even come up for a rationale for the withdrawal.
It may be that Trump is just repaying past favors to Putin or does not like Merkel or NATO or all of the above, but there can be no doubt that Trump is the gift that keeps on giving to one of our greatest adversaries and all to our detriment.
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