Trump Leans Toward Rewarding Poland With Some US Troops From Germany

By Steve Herman
Updated June 24, 2020 08:12 PM

WHITE HOUSE - Germany’s loss would be Poland’s gain — that was the essence of a message U.S. President Donald Trump communicated on Wednesday, alongside Polish President Andrzej Duda, when he discussed the shifting of thousands of American troops in Europe.

The United States will probably move some military personnel from Germany to Poland, Trump confirmed, replying to a reporter’s question at a joint news conference in the White House Rose Garden.

“We’re going to be reducing our forces in Germany,” Trump said.

His administration is planning to cut the number of troops stationed in Germany to 25,000 from 34,500, bringing some home and moving others, to punish Chancellor Angela Merkel for not paying what the U.S. president perceives as Berlin’s fair share of the costs of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

More:
https://www.voanews.com/europe/trump-leans-toward-rewarding-poland-some-us-troops-germany