US withdrawing some troops from Europe after Trump's warning to Nato allies

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Independent

Wednesday 29 October 2025 13:15 EDT


The United States is cutting the number of troops on Europe's eastern flank, Romania's defence ministry said Wednesday. The ministry said the decision wasn’t a surprise given changes in Washington's priorities, and that roughly 1,000 U.S. troops would continue to be stationed in Romania. Between 1,000 and 1,200 U.S. troops rotated out a month ago and will not be replaced, it said in a statement.

The Trump administration previously told European allies that they will need to take more responsibility for their own security as the United States focuses more on its own borders and on the Indo-Pacific region. "The American decision is to stop the rotation in Europe of a brigade that had elements in several NATO countries," the defence ministry said.

REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS OPPOSE THE MOVE

The U.S. military said the decision not to replace departing American troops in Romania was not "an American withdrawal from Europe or a signal of lessened commitment to NATO."

But in a rare move, top U.S. Republican lawmakers on the Senate and House Armed Services Committees slammed the removal. "We strongly oppose the decision not to maintain the rotational U.S. brigade in Romania," the joint statement said, adding that the lawmakers were seeking clarification from the Pentagon.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/nato-troops-trump-europe-military-b2854615.html

[wiggs]

1. What's TSF up to? nt

[Irish_Dem]

3. Who benefits and how from US troops being removed from Eastern Europe?

[ananda]

8. Oh, I don't know...

RAs-Putin?

[Irish_Dem]

9. Bingo.

[ananda]

11. It was just a wild guess.

[Irish_Dem]

12. Yep. Europe belongs to Putin.

[ananda]

13. Well, the USA certainly does.

In a typical takeover by tyrants,
I wonder how long it takes for
people to just say enough, no more
of this... let's take it back.

However, in my vision of things, it's
already too late.

[Irish_Dem]

14. I don't know what or if there is a breaking point.

Yes some of the damage is permanent.

[Fiendish Thingy]

2. Still not enough troops to enforce nationwide martial law.

10,000 troops couldn’t lock down LA, what’s another thousand gonna do?

[PSPS]

4. "the United States focuses more on its own borders"

Oh, yes. The US has expansionist russia bombing its way through Canada and Mexico, intending to just keep going.

[montanacowboy]

5. Opening the door for

Russia to march in

[littlemissmartypants]

6. Sure seems like it, doesn't it?

[TomWilm]

7. Yankee, go home!

... fine with me.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

10. Repubs: "We strongly oppose the decision ..."

"But, how do you want us to vote, Mr President, Sir? Our concern, while severe, is not enough to make us grow a backbone"

[bronxiteforever]

15. Wider modern European wars inevitably

lead to the door of the US. See for example WW1 and WW2.

Also the desire to protect the border is just bullcrap. The real goal is to put Americans under the thumb of the military run by an autocrat who is immune from accountability (thanks John Robert’s you dirtbag)

[Xolodno]

16. Plans to invade Venezuela?

With the Dept. of War Hogshit's demands, plus no pay, etc. recruitment will be down which was already a problem. So more troops will be needed in this fiasco. And it will be a blood bath, Russia and China are arming Venezuela.

[James48]

17. Trump must have made a deal

Putin gets all the territory he has now in Ukraine, plus leaves Romania exposed as an underequipped ally. He will sell them millions worth of weapons, but it won’t be enough for Don. Putin gets Moldova , and half of Romania. Trump gets Venezuela’s oil fields.

[BlueWavePsych]

18. Are we the baddies?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1174&pid=5356

[bluestarone]

19. How many wish's does it take for a

Natural death to occur? I'm betting we are near that record to be broken.