Trump wildly overstating the U.S. military retreat from Germany

For a man who has repeatedly claimed to be 'the most militaristic person ever,' Donald Trump seems to have little real grasp on how this defence stuff actually works.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Sydney Warmley marshals out a C-130 Hercules aircraft at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on Sept. 17, 2019. U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Patrick Evenson

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

August 5, 2020

OTTAWA—On July 29, U.S. Secretary of Defence Mark Esper announced plans for the withdrawal of 12,000 American military personnel from their current bases in Germany. True to form, President Donald Trump immediately took to Twitter to put his personal spin on this troop reduction. He tweeted “Ge...

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