U.S. to Withdraw 5k Troops from Germany, Pentagon Says
mikhael
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May 01, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (11 comments)
doctaj
https://archive.ph/TvRui
kogus
If this is the Trump Administration's "punishment" for "disloyalty", then we are in for a treat. Hopefully US forces can also be withdrawn from Japan, Iraq, Italy, Guam, and the other 180 locations where they are currently unnecessarily stationed.
curmudgeon22
> The Pentagon said the withdrawal was expected to be completed over the next six to 12 months. Germany is home to around 35,000 active-duty U.S. military personnel, more than anywhere else in Europe.[1] [1] https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-troops-germany-withdraw-nat...
rayiner
Good. It’s not 1945 anymore, we don’t need to keep occupying Germany.
karim79
Germany is silent on the Gaza genocide, and silent on the ethnic cleansing of Lebanon. Also Donald Trump doesn't have a fucking clue. To get back to the point, I actually do not understand why there are any US soldiers here to begin with. Is it just posturing?
nikeyshon
https://archive.ph/hFHiE
CMay
Not sure this really means anything, but we've been fairly transparent that we want to redirect attention and funding towards the pacific.
wg0
From science, culture, economy to geopolitics - his stupid Highness is the Undertaker of the US Empire. Otherwise there was absolutely nothing wrong neither anything seemed on the horizon for next couple of centuries more.
Jtsummers
For the many commenters that can't be bothered to exercise their reading comprehension skills: This is not reducing to pre-WWII levels, this is reducing down to 2022 levels (pre-Russia discovering their military can't win a war against Ukraine). It's mostly symbolic because Trump is a thin-skinned idiot and his staff wanted an easy way to appease him and make it look like something important was happening.
yongjik
This may not be the end of the days of America the Superpower... but it may be the beginning of the end.
orwin
Maybe Germany will stop being the Trojan horse of the US inside the EU, at least for the defence. Trump honestly have been great for EU sovereignty. It's a shame that his decisions caused that much suffering, which prevents me to truly be happy that he controls the US, but I do believe he is a net positive for the EU.