US considering withdrawing 10,000 troops from Eastern Europe, NBC News reports

I'm pretty sure one of the reasons (if that is the correct word, Trump seems to operate without reason) that Trump is pulling the military and foreign aid is_because_ of the term 'soft power'

When linking the video above, I noticed they have a newer one kind of on this topic. I found it interesting, maybe you will too: Europe’s Military is Weak - But Is That America’s Fault?

Is this a rhetoric question? Because if you have the answer I'm interested to know.

If not, I don't know. At 2:18 this video references a previous attempt to re-arm Europe, and that one of the reasons it never got through was because the US didn't like it. It seems to be referencing the Saint-Malo declaration, but I've yet to be able to confirm US role in this.

Putin is attacks payer

Putin is a taxpayer?

>U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Trump still supports NATO but expects allies to deliver "a realistic pathway" to reduce reliance on American taxpayers.

Sure, they are thinking about the taxpayers in all this ...

Well, getting US out of Europe is probably a good thing in the long run. In the short run, maybe not so sure. That's a lot of troops to replace.

There goes yet another pillar of our layered defense of the US. Stripping every bit from soft power, economic power, political relations, geopolitical position, and now outright military defense of our allies doesn't seem like a trajectory to protect the nation, but more like a "how can we get Russia to love us like our father never did" kind of move.

We went from Defender 2020 to Surrender 2025.

Edit: for context: https://www.army.mil/article/237292/defender_europe_2020_army_prepositioned_stock_2_enables_dynamic_force_employment_in_europe

well get out, vacation is over.