President Donald Trump on Thursday said the U.S. will send an additional 5,000 troops to Poland, stirring confusion following weeks of changing statements from Trump and his administration about reducing — not increasing — the American military footprint in Europe.
The Trump administration has said it was reducing levels in Europe by about 5,000 troops, and U.S. officials confirmed about 4,000 service members were no longer deploying to Poland. Trump’s social media announcement raises more uncertainty for European allies that have been blindsided by the changes as the administration has complained about NATO members not shouldering enough of the burden of their own defense and failing to do more to support the Iran war.
“Based on the successful Election of the now President of Poland, Karol Nawrocki, who I was proud to Endorse, and our relationship with him, I am pleased to announce that the United States will be sending an additional 5,000 Troops to Poland,” Trump said on Truth Social.
Trump and the Pentagon have said in recent weeks that they were drawing down at least 5,000 troops in Germany after Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the U.S. was being “humiliated” by the Iranian leadership and criticized what he called a lack of strategy in the war.
Trump then told reporters at the beginning of the month that the U.S. would be “cutting a lot further than 5,000.”
Has he? All I heard was Greenland, which is not EU territory.
They’re an autonomous territory under Denmark. Their citizens are EU citizens.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland
However the territory itself is not part of the EU.
However, and regardless of technicalities, I stand by my original point. US troops are a threat to the EU
The U.S. has a law that allows for an invasion of The Hague if Americans are prosecuted there to the same standard as anyone else.
Lame attempt of whataboutism. While that law is scandalous it is not about occupying but about retrival of a person. The US has kaws that enable it to attCk any country it wants, that diesn’t mean ig is actively threatening with it.
If you are anal about the term “EU territory” I can be so too. The EU has no territory, its member states do. And Greenland is territory of a member state. Attack on it by the US will trigger the EU defence clause and Trump did threaten with that.
Yes Greenland is not part of the EU, while its inhabitants are EU citizens. That only matters for EU law, business etc but not on questions of attacks on Danish territory and subsequent EU response.
I’d be more worried that US troops and bases have become very common targets by Iran and proxies thanks to his wreckless and cruel actions in Iran and their responses to it in the middle east on perceived allies and US interests. Having our presence has become a liability in that way and less an asset.
Those bases was used to protect Israel. I don’t know why you are worried about them.
Did I say what I was worried about or are you knee jerking to have some prescripted argument with your coffee?
Why would you be worried about bases and the host countries allowing them in their territories to be used to protect Israel?
Sure, if Iran wants to commit suicide that way.
Oh no, what’s gonna happen, is someone gonna start a war with them?
“Start” would be doing heavy lifting there
Commit suicide? Iran has proven multiple times that it escalates when it is necessary for the survival of the state
Attacking territory of a member state triggers the EU defence clause just as well and he clearly threatened that.