US to Withdraw Troops from Germany

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> Senior German military officials told Reuters they were surprised by the announcement that followed what they described as constructive meetings at the Pentagon earlier in the day.

> They point to the fact that Germany allowed US overflight rights for the operation in Iran and permission to use US bases in Germany, unlike some other European nations.

> Some of the US troops wounded in the war were also treated at the Landstuhl military hospital near Ramstein Air Base.

For Trump, words are much more important than facts, like those listed above. So he reacted immediately after hearing that the German Chancellor had said that US was being "humiliated" by Iran.

I bet that we will see another TACO in a few hours or days. EU will just shrug and replace the soldiers with their own people.

The fact that Trump is building a bunker to dance (while watching the rest of America burn?) should be much more concerning. At the best outcome, it suggests that he don't plan to quit the WH ever. At the worse scenery, the idea of a major remodeling in the WH paid by private sponsors is a problem. Those sponsors can have hidden motives. How they can be sure (after surgically purging anybody competent from the place), that at this moment nobody is placing dozens of microphones or small explosives inside the columns of the ballroom? The next president will need to scan and tear off everything.