{"id":30162,"date":"2020-06-16T13:35:22","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T13:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/06\/16\/nato-chief-plays-down-concern-over-us-troop-withdrawl-plans-in-germany\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:44:15","slug":"nato-chief-plays-down-concern-over-us-troop-withdrawl-plans-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/06\/16\/nato-chief-plays-down-concern-over-us-troop-withdrawl-plans-in-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO chief plays down concern over US troop withdrawl plans in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BRUSSELS \u2014 NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday played down concern that the United States will r<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/06\/14\/yankee-go-home-what-does-moving-american-troops-out-of-germany-mean\/\" target=\"_blank\">ush to pull thousands of its troops out of Germany<\/a>, saying that Washington has made no final decision on when such a withdrawal might take place or even how it would happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump has said that he is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/06\/08\/plans-to-pull-american-troops-from-germany-worries-us-lawmakers\/\" target=_blank>ordering a major reduction in U.S. troop strength in Germany<\/a>, from around 34,500 personnel down to 25,000. Members of his own party have criticized the move as a gift to Russia and a threat to U.S. national security. Germany is a hub for U.S. operations in the Middle East and home to its European command headquarters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe U.S. has made it clear that no final decision has been made on how and when,\u201d Stoltenberg told reporters on the eve of two days of video meetings between NATO defense ministers, where the issue is to be discussed. Stoltenberg has spoken to Trump about the move and says he\u2019s also in contact with Germany. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat matters for me is that we maintain credible deterrence and defense and that we maintain the strong link between North America and Europe,\u201d he said. He underlined that Washington has increased its military presence in Europe in recent years, and that European allies are spending more on defense. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump on Monday lashed out at Germany for failing to pay enough for its own defense, branding the NATO ally \u201cdelinquent\u201d for not meeting a goal set in 2014 for members to halt budget cuts and move toward spending at least 2 percent of gross national product on defense by 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/06\/15\/trump-confirms-plans-to-pull-some-us-troops-out-of-germany\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20160458667839.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump confirms plans to pull some US troops out of Germany<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The president blasted Germany leaders for not spending enough on their own military capabilities.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stoltenberg declined to speculate on whether the timing of Trump\u2019s announcement has anything to do with the approach of the U.S. elections in November. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. ambassador to NATO, Kay Bailey Hutchison, said she wasn\u2019t aware of preparations for any possible troop withdrawal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAny kind of actual planning, I think, has not happened yet,\u201d Hutchison told reporters at a video news conference Tuesday. \u201cI don\u2019t think that we have any kind of timeline that we have heard of.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She described Germany as \u201ca good partner\u201d of the United States at NATO and said that \u201cit should not be thought that there is any walking away from Europe, and Germany.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pulling out thousands of troops or transferring them \u2014 speculation is rife that some of the U.S. personnel might move to Poland should this even happen \u2014 could not be done overnight, and is likely to take a few months and would be costly. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2019\/06\/12\/its-not-fort-trump-but-a-us-division-headquarters-heading-to-poland\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-668106062.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">It\u2019s not \u2018Fort Trump,\u2019 but a US division headquarters heading to Poland<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">At least 1,000 troops, including a UAV squadron and a division headquarters, will start rotational deployments to Poland.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a visit to Poland\u2019s capital on Tuesday, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said his government hasn\u2019t been given details about Washington\u2019s plan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maas said in Warsaw that Germany is still waiting to see what exactly the U.S. plan entails. He said that the U.S. military presence in Germany is important not just for Germany\u2019s security but also for that of the U.S. and all of Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Vanessa Gera in Warsaw, Poland, contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe U.S. has made it clear that no final decision has been made on how and when,\u201d NATO&#8217;s chief told 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