The American edition of The Washington Post goes with the material, which states, that the US authorities are discussing the possibility of the withdrawal of American troops from the territory of Germany. Wherein, as stated, Two variants. First: full withdrawal to the transfer of military bases on the territory of the United States and several foreign countries. Second: withdrawal from Germany while their input to Poland.
celebrated, that potential output analysis discussed so far at a low level, to continue to submit its findings "to the top".
The article states that, that first of all assessed the economic component of potential output. In other words: how much the US Treasury this decision could cost?
The very discussion arose on the background of the apparent cooling of relations between Berlin and Washington. Recall, that Angela Merkel has consistently said recently that, that the United States in matters of European security should not rely, but instead need to build their own European military forces - a kind of alternative to NATO in Europe.
If you believe the US official data, then in Germany at the moment there are about 35 thousand. US troops. Whose safety they provide in that country, today can not intelligibly answer any US, either in Germany. In this Trump is constantly requires Merkel meet obligations under the NATO charter to allocate 2% GDP on the military (NATO) needs.
