More lies and shenanigans: the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Germany WAS already planned - and spun by DJT for maximum shock and to try to claim it as “punishment”. Now levels in Europe will be back to pre-2022 levels, before Russia's invasion of Ukraine caused Biden to send more troops. These were always temporary reinforcements. Trump made a nearly identical threat in his first term — floating the withdrawal of about 9,500 troops from Germany — but never started the process, and Biden cancelled it.