The US president is reportedly outraged by the EU’s attitude towards the Ukraine conflict.
US President Donald Trump is considering pulling American troops from Germany and redeploying them in Hungary, the Telegraph reported on Friday, citing a person close to the White House.
The US has more than 35,000 personnel stationed across dozens of bases on German soil. The NATO member also hosts American nuclear weapons.
Trump reportedly could take the forces out or move them elsewhere as his administration has split with many of its allies in Europe over how to deal with Russia and resolve the Ukraine conflict. While the US president stressed the need to strike a ceasefire as soon as possible and blamed Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky for the hostilities, the UK and many EU members reaffirmed their commitment to back Kiev.
“Trump is angry that they [Europe] appear to be pushing for war,” a source told the Telegraph.
Brian Hughes, a US national security spokesman, told the newspaper that “while no specific announcement is imminent, the US military is always considering the redeployment of troops around the world to best address current threats to our interests.”
Trump has repeatedly accused Germany of not spending enough on its own defense, while his adviser, tech billionaire Elon Musk, has openly endorsed the opposition anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the recent parliamentary election. Vice President J.D. Vance ruffled more feathers in Berlin last month when he criticized Germany’s free speech laws during a high-profile conference in Munich.
Friedrich Merz, Germany’s chancellor-designate, has argued that Trump had deliberately escalated his contentious February 28 meeting with Zelensky in the Oval Office. After winning the election last month, Merz stated that Germany could no longer rely on the US for its defense. “We must now show that we are in a position to act independently in Europe,” he said.
Earlier this week, Hungary blocked a joint EU statement promising more military aid for Ukraine. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban sided with Trump during his public spat with Zelensky. “Today, President Donald Trump stood bravely for peace. Even if it was difficult for many to digest,” he wrote on X.
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Get out of Germany etc etc .best of all get out of nato before the idiots pull America into a stupid war .
England ,France and Germany are out of control. Let them fight some fictitious war they have imagined . Or think MIGHT happen.
They have all lost their minds .
Feel sorry for the European people but they elected those idiots.
Trump is the one who is out of control.
…Should have been done in 1992 when the re-unification was completed!
No reason to be there afterwards!
The Germans are VERY tired of all of the Allied Occupiers, and are quietly and secretively resentful to us being there post-1992!
Well this is simply not true. There Are always people – especially those from the fascist pro russian party AfD (for which Trump and Musk have such an affection for) that are against the US troops.
@alpha omega
You should not call people who disagree with you ” fascists” meant as an insult .
They are just patriots. That is why this movement is still growing.
They understand the role of the so called US warmongering ” democrats” a.o. corrupt jewish neocons in destabilizing Ukraine’ government to ” elect” zelenski, puppet and corrupt crook in order to start this proxy war against Russia .
Because it was wel Ukraine’s government that started to bomb its own russianspeakin population in Dombass and committed crimes in Odessa.
You should inform yourself before being jugemental about events you clearly are ill informed about or do not understand. There have a lot published already by trustworthy authors about what is going on in Ukraine. But they are called ” names” such as ” russian agents” ” poutine support” etc. Which are not factual arguments. Only opinions
There is also a lot of info on internet. It is up to you to do the work
As for european, most have had enough of the constant meddling of the warmongering USA in other countries public and economic affairs.
And not least, but last european have had more than enough of the ” woke” imported “culture.
If Trump can demolish all institutions cooperating or instigating the above, he has the blessing of many europeans, that i can tell you; despite the still going on MSM ( fear) propaganda for the war in ukraine as if Putine intended to invade Europe. This being an insult to intelligence
It is not by shutting up or villifiy different opinions that democraties will survive. On the contrary
The only facists in Europe is the EU, who overturned a legitimate election result in Romania and threaten to do the same in Germany if the result does not go their way.
Not for the first time fascist Euro commission and its clique of non elected servants acted against populations. In 2005 the French and Dutch refused a european ” constitution” by referendum.
In 2007 the Lisbonne treaty was signed by french and dutch governments without the agreement of the population.
Population fed up with decisions taken by the European Commission in Brussels. The European parliament has further no power of decision and only exist to give the decorum of
” democrassssiiiie”
Talks are at the moment ongoing about a European ” tax”.
Buy gold and silver while it is still possible and hide it out of their clutches
Forget about Trump. Trump is a damage to the US. I am sad for those in the US, who still want democracy in the US.
By the way: The germans are not tired about the US troops and are in fact very close allies with the US. Think of the Afghanistan war, etc. It’s only Trump, who now punches Europe Canada and others in the face, while he will now step by step find out, that the political isolation of the US and the anti democratic movement will make the US not „great again“ but make it one autcratic state, just like putins Russia. Sad. So sad.
It must be not easy to live with a shallow mind. It clearly limits your ability to research, to discuss and to comprehend the world. Sad. So sad.
https://odysee.com/@TMSLL:6/Scott-Ritter—Andrei-Martyanov–Ukraine%2C–Dead-Man-Walking-:d
Scott Ritter; a masterclass on geopolitics
Enjoy