But if he's doing that what does he need with a bigger military budget?
It makes little or no sense to maintain such sizable forces just to have them sit around in stateside barracks.
If we're backing away from our overseas alliances to defend America from North America, we certainly won't need such large and expensive forces.
WAPO reports
The Pentagon is analyzing the cost and impact of a large-scale withdrawal or transfer of American troops stationed in Germany, amid growing tensions between President Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, according to people familiar with the work.
The effort follows Trump’s expression of interest in removing the troops, made during a meeting earlier this year with White House and military aides, U.S. officials said.
Trump was said to have been taken aback by the size of the U.S. presence, which includes about 35,000 active-duty troops, and complained that other countries were not contributing fairly to joint security or paying enough to NATO.
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