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President Donald Trump has frequently griped that Germany has not reached its Nato defence-spending pledge of two percent of GDP (Photo: g7.gc.ca)

The rationale behind US troop withdrawals from Germany

Last month, amid increasing cases of Covid-19 across the United States, president Donald Trump announced that the US would be withdrawing or redeploying 9,500 of its 34,500 troops stationed in Germany, a decision which has reportedly been ill-communicated to German government officials and left senior US military personnel scratching their heads.

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Ed Biggins is head of research for the Paris-based International Development Research Network.

President Donald Trump has frequently griped that Germany has not reached its Nato defence-spending pledge of two percent of GDP (Photo: g7.gc.ca)

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Ed Biggins is head of research for the Paris-based International Development Research Network.

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