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why the fuck would they do this though? they can't just be shooting themselves in the foot like that right?
Are they though? Germany is entirely dependent on the US for energy now. And as long as the war in Ukraine keeps up that's not going to change. If anything moving troops out of Germany will probably cause more panic in Germany which could translate into buying more American weapons.
The damage to Europe has already been done, and Europe has no strategic value for the US in the long term.
The US military is running into recruitment shortages. Plus after what just happened with Iran, they'll need to reinforce their outposts there to keep their GCC partners happy.
They're not doing it because they want to, it's because they have no choice. The Trump/Merz conflict is just the catalyst
Agent Krasnov's entire purpose as president of the United States is to weaken the United States on the world stage.
I love how Americans always have to externalize all their problems. It's not that your rotten system put a complete imbecile in charge. Oh no, it's the scheming Russians secretly taking over your government. Also, hilarious how Russia is both about to collapse, but also secretly running the world in the liberal lore. Meanwhile, it's pretty clear which country has complete political capture in the US and isn't even hiding it. But blueMAGA here has some amazing conspiracy theories to tell us.
How so? Trump’s goal is to empower Russia. Weakening NATO is a means to that end. He’ll always find a reason to do Putin’s bidding. Those little private phone calls he gets where nothing is recorded aren’t friendly, I would wager.