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Trump’s threat to pull troops out of Germany crashes into reality

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Trump’s threat to pull troops out of Germany crashes into reality
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BRUSSELS — U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to pull U.S. troops out of Germany — but turning a social media edict into an actual withdrawal is far more complicated.



Any American withdrawal would mean sinking billions of dollars into a yearslong process. Then there’s the usefulness of German bases to American global power projection. Without them, U.S. forces would face difficulties in prosecuting the war against Iran.



“Such a withdrawal would require long-term planning and entail

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