Poland's prime minister condemns NATO 'disintegration' as Trump says US will further reduce troop presence in Europe

Source: Kyiv Independent

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on May 2 condemned the "disintegration" of NATO from within as U.S. President Donald Trump said further reductions in American troops stationed in Europe are coming.

"The greatest threat to the transatlantic community are not its external enemies, but the ongoing disintegration of our alliance. We must all do what it takes to reverse this disastrous trend," Tusk said in a post to X.

The U.S. Department of Defense announced May 1 that the White House will withdraw about 5,000 troops from Germany amid rising tension between Washington and Berlin over the U.S. war with Iran.

"We're going to cut way down, and we're cutting a lot further than 5,000," Trump then said on May 2 outside Air Force One when asked why the U.S. is withdrawing troops from Germany, without explaining the decision.

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So it appears from Trump's comments in the article this is a vindictive move directed at our allies. If I was in a marriage where my spouse treated me in the demeaning way Trump has treated European allies, I would find a divorce attorney pronto. Maybe Europe should start organizing contingency plans for their own version of NATO. Just saying. Trump doesn't seem to value the notion of peace on earth.