[Skwor]

Europe will never take their defense seriously as long as we stay there.

The leadership hates us anyway, let them try to get their now feminized population to man up for defense.

[woodbutcher1963]

It will be interesting to see from what countries/bases.
IMHO, there are countries like Italy & Poland that like us Americans and appreciate us being there.
On the other hand there are other places maybe like Germany and Great Briton we do not need to support.

[Cronos]

“Europe” is not just Germany and France.

There are many pro-US leaders in the EU.

The upside of taking out American troops is that this will, as you point out, force EU countries to up their military spending.

The downside is that this will force them to up their military spending. The calls will be for an “EU army” which is creating another rival. That is not good.