Posted on 08/24/2020 1:24:34 PM PDT by John Semmens
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is furious at President Trump for his decision to reduce the number of US troops stationed in Germany by 12,000. "I find his assertion that it is time that Germany start defending itself rich with irony," Merkel said. "Not too long before the US occupation German troops were defending a large portion of the European continent from foreign invaders. The stability of that situation was disrupted by the violent intervention of the United States and its allies. The destruction of our army left us defenseless. As the chief architect of that disaster it is America's responsibility to take care of us."
President Trump rejected Merkel's demand and pointed out that "Germany is the richest member of the NATO alliance. They have an annual $50 billion balance of trade surplus with us. Six years ago they pledged to spend 2% of their GDP on their own defense. They have consistently fallen short of this promise. The original purpose of the US troop deployment to Germany was to deter Soviet aggression against Germany. Now the Soviet Union is no more and Germany is a major trade partner with Russia. So, I'd say we are well within our rights to reduce our contribution to Germany's defense. I mean, it's not as if we are totally abandoning them. We still have 24,000 troops stationed there."
Merkel called Trump's position "a replay of the mistake made by the western countries in 1939. They spurned an alliance with Germany to resist the Bolshevik threat. This forced our Chancellor to seek a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union. The result was the onset of the most destructive war in human history. Trump's latest action risks a repeat of those dreadful days."
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I’m certain her good buddy Putin will gladly put his troops there to replace the US.
Whassa matter? You gonna have to protect your country yourselves now???......hmmmm
And quite good. LOL.
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