“The U.S. has a military presence in Germany to protect the rest of Europe from Germany”.
Is Germany a threat militarily or financially?
They are not a threat militarily, but without NATO they sure would be.
Their military is an absolute joke. One battalion of Marines could wipe out their entire army.
“Is Germany a threat militarily or financially?”
I suppose that the diplomats who worry about this stuff would say “yes” to the latter and “given enough time” to the former. But the German electorate doesn’t seem to want to foot any bills for defense.