{"id":70311,"date":"2020-06-07T17:54:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-07T17:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/06\/07\/german-lawmakers-criticize-reported-american-troop-withdrawal-plan\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:09:15","slug":"german-lawmakers-criticize-reported-american-troop-withdrawal-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/2020\/06\/07\/german-lawmakers-criticize-reported-american-troop-withdrawal-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"German lawmakers criticize reported American troop withdrawal plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BERLIN \u2014 Two conservative German lawmakers have criticized the reported U.S. decision to withdraw more than a quarter of American troops stationed in Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/trump-directs-u-s-troop-reduction-in-germany-11591375651?mod=hp_lead_pos3\" target=\"_blank\">Wall Street Journal<\/a> reported Friday that President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/06\/05\/trump-orders-massive-cut-to-us-troop-numbers-in-germany-report\/\" target=\"_blank\">reduce the number of U.S. troops in Germany<\/a> by 9,500. Currently there are 34,500 American service members permanently assigned in Germany as part of a long-standing arrangement with America\u2019s NATO ally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an interview published Saturday by Germany&#8217;s Funke Media Group, lawmaker Norbert Roettgen said such a troop withdrawal would be &#8220;very regrettable.&#8221;<\/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\/2018\/07\/02\/pentagon-reportedly-assessing-cost-of-withdrawing-troops-from-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=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-02-at-09.48.59.png.png?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" 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