Biden likely to scrap parts of Trump decision to pull troops from Germany

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President Trump’s controversial decision to withdraw 12,000 U.S. troops from Germany may come to a screeching halt when President-elect Joe Biden takes office, but experts believe that some elements of the Trump administration’s proposal should stay.

“Everyone knows [former Defense Secretary Mark Esper] proposed this big cut in Germany partly or largely at the president’s request,” Brookings Institution security expert Michael O’Hanlon told the Washington Examiner.

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