{"id":84837,"date":"2018-07-05T16:54:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T16:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/05\/trumps-nato-summit-focus-wont-include-withdrawing-troops-from-europe\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:39:12","slug":"trumps-nato-summit-focus-wont-include-withdrawing-troops-from-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/07\/05\/trumps-nato-summit-focus-wont-include-withdrawing-troops-from-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s NATO summit focus won\u2019t include withdrawing troops from Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Senior administration officials said discussions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/06\/heres-how-the-us-is-preparing-for-a-possible-russian-attack-in-europe\/\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" data-original-title=\"\" aria-describedby=\"popover607397\">withdrawing U.S. troops from Germany<\/a> will not be included in next week\u2019s NATO summit, despite reports that President Donald Trump has considered the move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White House officials have pushed back against those reports for the past week, since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/us-assessing-cost-of-keeping-troops-in-germany-as-trump-battles-with-europe\/2018\/06\/29\/94689094-ca9f-490c-b3be-b135970de3fc_story.html?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.63c6fc7c5b4a\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">a Washington Post piece<\/a> noted that the Pentagon, at Trump\u2019s request, is analyzing the national security impact and cost savings of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/2018\/05\/29\/why-poland-wants-a-permanent-us-military-base-and-is-willing-to-pay-2-billion-for-it\/\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\">large-scale withdrawal of U.S. forces from Europe<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 35,000 American troops are currently stationed in Germany, a significant hub for U.S. military operations worldwide. Trump in the past has repeatedly complained about NATO allies not shouldering enough responsibility \u2014 financially and personnel-wise \u2014 for the alliance\u2019s security operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a press call with reporters on Thursday, U.S. Representative to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison said that those broader cost concerns would be a key point of the upcoming NATO summit, set to start July 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2018\/07\/05\/ahead-of-summit-lawmakers-worry-over-what-trump-will-say-to-putin\/\" 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\/GettyImages-872780694.jpg_f5ae7e.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\">Ahead of summit, lawmakers worry over what Trump will say to Putin<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Administration officials say the Trump-Putin summit is under control, but lawmakers are worried.<\/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\">\u201cEvery one of our allies are already increasing defense spending,\u201d she said. \u201cThat is something we will talk about as an achievement, but also recognize we need to do more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other topics for the summit include the ongoing NATO mission in Afghanistan, extending alliance membership to Georgia and Ukraine, and emerging threats to member countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But a senior administration official said the issue of U.S. troops in Germany is not on the agenda, and there are no plans for Trump to threaten removing American forces from the country if NATO allies do not continue to step up their own military investments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The official went even further, calling the current U.S. force strength there a key strategic point of American military strategy and national security, and said plans in coming months call for closer relationships among U.S. and Germany military forces, not fewer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hutchison characterized the tone of the upcoming summit in Brussels as positive \u2014 \u201ceveryone has the same goal, and that is a strong deterrent and an alliance that is unified\u201d \u2014 despite Trump\u2019s past criticisms of NATO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At a South Carolina rally last month, the president said that America is \u201cthe piggy bank that (NATO) likes to take from\u201d and promised changes in the relationship in the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe like to help out, but it helps them, they\u2019re in Europe,\u201d he said. \u201cIt helps them a lot more than it helps us, we\u2019re very far away.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hutchison also said that NATO representatives at next week\u2019s summit will discuss Russian aggression in Eastern Europe and other \u201cmalign activities\u201d by the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the days following the summit. 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