23 minutes agoU.S. again threatens with German troop withdrawal
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenelli spoke of Berlin's low defence investment, saying it's <x0 useback”, and reiterated the threat of withdrawing American troops from this country. “is actually insulting that American taxpayers have yet to pay more than 50,000 Americans in Germany”, said Grenelli [...]
“is actually an insult that American taxpayers have yet to pay more than 50,000 Americans in Germany”, Green said of the agency. DPA.
American President Donald Trump said earlier that American troops could move from Germany to Poland.
“Polonia is fulfilling its commitment to NATO to invest two per cent gross domestic production in defence. Germany's not doing this. We would welcome the arrival of American forces from Germany to Poland”, American Ambassador to Poland Georgette Mosbacher wrote on Twitter.
Despite significant increased defence spending, Germany is still below the NATO-set level.
There are 35,000 American troops in Germany, as well as 17,000 Americans and 12,000 German civilians employed by the US Army.
Tens of thousands of jobs in Germany depend on the American Army.
Washington is angry at Berlin's refusal to participate in the international military mission, the Hormuz Strait.
The US intends that through this mission, it will protect oil carriers passing through the region from the <x0-areaggression of Iranian”. /rel
