No troops for you

Worldly

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.4 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Jenn and Alex discuss the Trump administration’s controversial decision, formally announced this week, to move forward with a plan to withdraw nearly 12,000 troops from Germany. Critics from both parties say it’s a gift to Russia, while the Pentagon argues it’s a necessary repositioning of forces to better deter Russia in Eastern Europe. President Trump, though, says he’s doing it because Germany isn’t paying its fair share in NATO (a misleading claim at best). Alex and Jenn talk through the merits of the different arguments and examine what the troop reduction could mean for the future of Europe. References: You can find the official Pentagon statements on the decision here and here NATO has a bunch of defense spending charts Deutsche Welle has what you need to know about the troop withdrawal decision here and here Members of Trump’s team seem to really like the idea That time when Merkel rebuffed Trump’s G7 summit invitation, kicking this whole drama off Find Trump’s comments for the decision here The Biden campaign sent Alex a statement on the troop withdrawal issue And here’s that Twitter question Alex asked that got a major conversation going about the “gift” to Putin charge Hosts: Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp), senior correspondent, Vox Jennifer Williams (@jenn_ruth), senior foreign editor, Vox Alex Ward (@AlexWardVox), national security reporter, Vox Consider contributing to Vox: If you value Worldly’s work, please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts More to explore: Subscribe for free to Today, Explained, Vox’s daily news podcast to help you understand the news, hosted by Sean Rameswaram. About Vox: Vox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Follow Us: Vox.com Newsletter: Vox Sentences Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:25.0	controversial plan to withdraw nearly 12,000 troops from Germany. Critics
1:29.3	including Joe Biden and Mitt Romney say it's a gift to Russia.
1:32.6	The Pentagon argues that it's a necessary repositioning of forces to better deter Russia and
1:37.6	enhance NATO.
1:39.6	President Trump says the true production is happening because Germany has long been taking advantage of the US
1:44.6	and isn't paying enough for its own defense so he's reducing the force. So which is it?
1:51.5	And what does all of that mean for the future of Europe and US relationship
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