Trump's Petty Troop Withdrawal Freaks Out Republicans [View all]

President Donald Trump, 79, is under fire from Republicans in Congress over his decision to yank 5,000 troops from military posts in Germany.

Republican lawmakers said they were “very concerned” by the decision and defended Germany from claims by the president that the country has been slow to honor agreements.

“Germany has stepped up in response to President Trump’s call for greater burden sharing, significantly increasing defense spending and providing seamless access, basing, and overflight for U.S. forces in support of Operation Epic Fury,” said the House Armed Services Committee in a statement.

“Prematurely reducing America’s forward presence in Europe before those capabilities are fully realized risks undermining deterrence and sending the wrong signal to Vladimir Putin.”

Republican Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi chairs the Senate committee, and Mike Rogers of Alabama is his counterpart in the House.

The two issued the statement on Saturday to flag their opposition to the Trump-led Pentagon’s decision to withdraw troops and cancel the Army’s Long-Range Fires Battalion deployment.

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