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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOK which European country will shut down the US military base first?
Your guess
gibraltar72
(7,504 posts)but I bet it is going to be hard on the troops stationed in the countries Trump shat on!
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Our military men and women spend a lot of their pay locally.
So I'm guessing the countries turn up their noses at Trump but like the money.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)a lot are encouraged to
Cirque du So-What
(25,938 posts)have adult supervision and wouldn't do anything so petty and spiteful.
dalton99a
(81,486 posts)SwissTony
(2,560 posts)And they still remember Obama, of course. Sweet memories!
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)But can't say I blame em. The USA is totally untrustworthy under the Trumps.
That absolutely will not happen.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Last night it popped into my mind that Germany would tell Trump to take his base back, or to pay rent and taxes.
I know we have more than one over there, my mind was referencing the whole collection...
but given the SHIT he has dished out to Germany, it would seem like a proper request.
malaise
(268,998 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)I love the idea of Merkel handing his ass to him. He deeply dislikes strong powerful women.
malaise
(268,998 posts)PhD in Quantum Chemistry
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)She musta been trying to figure out all that empty space in his head.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Slow phaseout as the EU Airforce begins to take shape. US Army will slowly be replaced out with the new EU one.
malaise
(268,998 posts)You know when Macron greeted her first I thought it was all protocol - they are a United Europe so the Con had to wait. That was a great moment.
moondust
(19,981 posts)14 September 2016
The European Union needs a military headquarters to work towards a common military force, the Commission president has told MEPs in Strasbourg.
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But Mr Juncker said a common military force "should be in complement to Nato". "More defence in Europe doesn't mean less transatlantic solidarity."
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"transatlantic solidarity"