# Trump says he will pull all US troops from Germany **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [May 1, 2026, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-says-he-will-pull-all-us-troops-from-germany/1029689 "2026-05-01T07:05:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-says-he-will-pull-all-us-troops-from-germany/1029689/1 "2026-05-01T07:05:40Z")
Trump “truthed” that he will pull all US troops from Germany. This came after a long phone call between him and Putin last week. And it’s been bugging me. Did Putin say he’s planning to push his way across Europe? Preposterous! He’s not even maintaining ground in Ukraine. But then it hit me like a ton of bricks, what if Trump wants to get our troops out of Germany because Putin told him he’s planning to use nukes in Ukraine? And what if Trump agreed not to retaliate if he does? I can’t think of anything else that fits. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-says-he-will-pull-all-us-troops-from-germany/1029689/2 "2026-05-01T07:37:52Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > I can’t think of anything else that fits. How about the usual reasons: he’s a vindictive little idiot that doesn’t understand anything about anything. > **[Trump says US studying troop cuts in Germany, as spat with Merz intensifies](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyplg23l30o)** > > His remarks come after the German chancellor criticised the US approach to the war in Iran. > “The Iranians are obviously very skilled at negotiating, or rather, very skilful at not negotiating, letting the Americans travel to Islamabad and then leave again without any result,” [Merz] said. > > He added that the “entire nation” was being “humiliated” by the Iranian leadership. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-says-he-will-pull-all-us-troops-from-germany/1029689/3 "2026-05-01T07:43:06Z")
Thankfully, he will probably TACO out and not do it. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-says-he-will-pull-all-us-troops-from-germany/1029689/4 "2026-05-01T07:44:16Z")
> [@Charlie\_Tan](#): > > How about the usual reasons: he’s a vindictive little idiot that doesn’t understand anything about anything. The key word here is “vindictive”. It’s all about the fact that Chancellor Merz pissed him off. With Trump, it doesn’t need to be anything more than that. I doubt it has anything to do with Putin. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-says-he-will-pull-all-us-troops-from-germany/1029689/5 "2026-05-01T07:44:36Z")
Give up **[Ramstein Air Base](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramstein_Air_Base)**? In the '80s, during the Pershing II protests, we were asking for just that. They called us left wing terrorists. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-says-he-will-pull-all-us-troops-from-germany/1029689/6 "2026-05-01T08:13:43Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > I can’t think of anything else that fits. Think like a malignant narcissist. The only reason we are likely to have troops in Germany is to help an ally. Helping allies is a disgusting and unselfish act to be avoided at all costs; allies should only be exploited, insulted and abused. Therefore the troops should be removed and deployed somewhere they can be put to proper use hurting and killing innocent people. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-says-he-will-pull-all-us-troops-from-germany/1029689/7 "2026-05-01T11:16:55Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Helping allies is a disgusting and unselfish act to be avoided at all costs; allies should only be exploited, insulted and abused. I agree that Trump thinks this way, but I’d like to narrow the definition of ‘ally’ as Trump sees it: - an ‘ally’ is somebody who doesn’t suck up to Trump and has tiresome democratic elections. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-says-he-will-pull-all-us-troops-from-germany/1029689/8 "2026-05-01T12:32:03Z")
So he wants to encourage a forth Reich? Be careful what you wish for Donald, Germany could take over our arms sales. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-says-he-will-pull-all-us-troops-from-germany/1029689/9 "2026-05-01T17:23:35Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > So he wants to encourage a forth Reich? I do not know what you mean by this— are you saying you would not rather live in Germany than America at the present time?— but Germany has already re-introduced mandatory military registration, for men at least. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-says-he-will-pull-all-us-troops-from-germany/1029689/10 "2026-05-01T21:00:02Z")
It wouldn’t surprise me if he thinks the US should own Germany since we defeated it in WW2 and rebuilt it with the Marshall Plan. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-says-he-will-pull-all-us-troops-from-germany/1029689/11 "2026-05-01T21:42:34Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Trump “truthed” that he will pull all US troops from Germany. Are you sure? I cannot find precisely that. I see this from yesterday: > [@](#): > > The United States is studying and reviewing the possible reduction of Troops in Germany, with a determination to be made over the next short period of time. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP I have to say that what I quote above looks too measured to be Trump’s actual view. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-says-he-will-pull-all-us-troops-from-germany/1029689/12 "2026-05-02T04:50:17Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > Are you sure? I cannot find precisely that. [U.S. to Withdraw 5,000 Troops from Germany, Pentagon Says](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/us/politics/us-troops-germany.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fVA.z_O-.fWMSwH3wF72u&smid=url-share) (free gift link) From the NYT front page. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-says-he-will-pull-all-us-troops-from-germany/1029689/13 "2026-05-18T18:37:29Z")
What Putin wants, Putin gets. ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-says-he-will-pull-all-us-troops-from-germany/1029689/14 "2026-05-20T06:10:32Z")
Og help us all.