Donald Trump pulling US troops from Europe in blow to NATO allies: Report
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President also plans to ask for "financial contribution" for maintenance of remaining troops, European diplomatic source said.

President Donald Trump plans to pull about 20,000 U.S. troops from Europe, according to a leading Italian news agency.

A European diplomatic source told ANSA that Trump, who entered office on Monday for a second term, wants to reduce the American contingent in Europe by about 20 percent and plans to ask for a “financial contribution” for the maintenance of the remaining troops.

  • Riddick3001@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    (Do any of the EU nations have nukes that aren’t owned by the US? Sadly such a deterrent is probably a requirement.<

    European Nations have sufficient Nukes as a deterrent. Well I reckon one nuke plus their warheads would incapacitate most cities. There are like 500-600 officially between UK and France.

    • Kissaki@feddit.orgEnglish
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      2 days ago

      We’ve seen war between nuclear nations. It’s not necessarily a deterrent from war. Russia is not using nukes against Ukraine either. It’s merely a deterrent from escalation to that degree.

      • Riddick3001@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 day ago

        We’ve seen war between nuclear nation

        Ofcourse, having nukes is not a guarantee, but highly increases deterrence. Also, most wars we’ve seen are cold wars and or proxy wars though.

        Ukraine had a huge nuclear arsenal (third in the world), which it then ceded to Russia in the 1994 Budapest memorandum Kyiv post.