Sen. Mitt Romney is leading a bipartisan group of senators in an effort to curb President Trump’s ability to remove troops from Germany after the commander-in-chief opted to withdraw tens of thousands of US soldiers from the region.
Romney (R-Utah) introduced a measure Monday alongside Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) prohibiting the White House from reducing the number of active-duty troops in the country below 34,500 without Congress confirming that such a move would not negatively impact European alliances or NATO.
On Wednesday, Trump announced that he planned to withdraw tens of thousands of US troops from Germany — accusing the European nation of taking advantage of his administration by not paying its fair share to NATO.
Above is an excerpt from the New York Post.
“The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Germany would be a gift to Russia, and that’s the last thing we should be doing,” Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said in a statement issued Monday, when the legislation was introduced.
“In addition to undermining our NATO alliance, a withdrawal would present serious logistical challenges and prevent our military from performing routine … readiness exercises,” Mitt Romney said.
—-
This content is published through a licensing agreement with Acquire Media using its NewsEdge technology.
“The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Germany and placing them closer to the Russian border in Poland would be NO gift to Russia. Add in the American missile defense system that was scheduled to go into Poland but killed by Obama, and Putin just starts toot’n and no longer Democrat root’n.
AND SINCE trump is COMMANDER IN CHIEF of the military, Why should he need the permission of ANYONE ELSE, to shut a base down?
Considering Germanys criminal marxist “president” the troops should be moved to a more friendly country.
“Sen. Mitt Romney is leading…”
If this were true, he would have won in 2012. He’s not a leader. He’s an anti-Trumper and as such has proven he hates America.
No respect for Romney. He’s trying his best to become John McCain v2.0 and he’s not even doing a good job of that. What a waste. I still blame him for Obama getting reelected.
Can anyone think of one good thing Romney has ever done for us? Me neither.
I certainly can’t.
If he’d just slither away forever …that would be one good thing…I know… I know … dare to dream
This supposed church going fake is trying to push Trump out, after the latter helped him get elected! I am amazed that his congregation does not hold him accountable for such a vile act! How can they look away from such an act from a member of their flock! If they allow him to remain a member after such an act they must be condemned by all decent people, particularly of faith!
That makes you wonder, who are the morons IN that congregation.
To those that do some research or have tried to work for the mormons it will be found that they are not bound to deal honestly with anyone NOT a mormon. Their book of mormon is also considered their gold standard rather than Gods word itself.
I’m glad romney did not become president as he would have only hurt us in the long run.
Awwww, C’mon,Mitt ! Germany doesn’t need the protection, (They are right next to France) or the money. They can grow wealthy from the from the efforts of the millions of muslims Merkle is importing every day !
More like they’ll go BROKE…
We support President Trump’s decision. I had read that the intent was to leave about 25,000 troops there, which is still a large number. He and his advisors must have another back up plan. I wished the critics would understand, that he does have other sources on which to rely. I’m sorry Marco Rubio has teamed up with his critics. What do they know about the military maneuver strategy, that they should be interfering? The fact, that it ‘s Mitt Romney with a couple of Democrats causes concern.
I’d shut the bases there down, PERIOD. Pull all our troops back home.
mitt, what is Germany paying you?
Any group that Romney participates in isn’t “bipartisan”.
It’s just LIBERAL Democrats, some of whom call themselves Republicans.
How do you spell Loser? Romney.
Let’s see. Germany started two World Wars and has the best economy in all of the E.U. Or one of the best! Merkel has allowed millions of Muslim migrants into the country which she now has to support. If she can afford to support these potential terrorist she can afford to defend her country without U.S. ! By the way we are still leaving 25,000 groups there out of 34,000. They are also in a joint venture with Russia which will enable them to get more energy products (oil and gas) from Russia instead of U.S.?
The sooner Romney and the other RINOs are removed from Our Party the better.
“…accusing the European nation of taking advantage of his administration by not paying its fair share to NATO”.
The non-payment of their NATO contribution is an ongoing issue all over Europe and many other countries. They should pay their share, PERIOD.
I have lived and worked in Germany on several occasions. I have a German wife. It is a great place to live and visit.
The Germans have a well funded social system with at least 1-3 holidays per month. They have the best roads and highways in the world (and best bier). The Germans are not wanting of anything significant.
BUT! Why should they enjoy all these social benefits, not pay their NATO share, and we/NATO protect them? (And I would add that the younger Germans bad mouth Americans on a regular basis. They don’t know their history.)
Assets are being move to Poland and elsewhere. Hopefully *they* will appreciate the protection and spending.
Prost!
Poland is already very appreciative, and would welcome any assistance to prevent them from being invaded by Russia (again). Poland is always the first country they invade.
Poland has also taken heat for NOT allowing any Muslims to move there. They said, If that’s racist then we’re racists. We don’t want them.
You gotta love that attitude.
Based on history (past and present)…
No Muslims is good Muslims.
I am not a racist.
I am a Nationalist and USA Patriot (MAGA) and I am also a religionist (in the sense that I believe Islam is bad).
There, let a few liberal heads explode.
Thats why i FIRMLY Support what trump’s doing!
This is one of Trump’s campaign promises, he said our guys would not be used as policemen unless we got paid for it. He also vowed to reduce the number of bases we had around the world. This is a great start.
Whatever Mittens if for I am agin’, and that is without considering the pros and cons of foreign troop deployment. But if I were to consider all the pros and cons I would have to first ask exactly what in the hell are our troops doing over there anyway? They were necessary in the fifties and sixties to at least present a defensive deterrent to Russian aggression. Clearly now that Germany and Russia are now best buds there is no longer a reason to waste billions of dollars maintaining a military presence in a place with little strategic value.
We can thank the brainless Mormons in Utah for sending this George Soros implant to work against President Trump in Congress. Sadly, there is no cure for being stupid.
More like we can CURSE them, for their stupidity.
REALLY?? I didn’t know Romney could lead anything but a posse of Germany doesn’t need protection–they have millions of muslims to protect them thanks to Angela Merkle’s stupidity. The woman who single handedly destroyed most of European culture and especially that of her own countryman.
yes it is now MERKLESTAN
I really question leaving large numbers of American Troops in Europe. Most of those countries still owe us money for bailing them out in World War 1, let alone the second war. Then there’s the fact that the U.S. has to provide most of the troops and hardware to defend Europe. In the early 1980s some Kraut singer sang a song about 99 red balloons putting down the U.S. deploying new Pershing 2 missiles to defend Germany. And all of those European countries are importing Muslim terrorist so they can take action against our troops in Europe. In 1974 a Canadian made a record called “Americans” and the last line of that recording says America should say THE HELL WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD! Also need to get the U.N. out of the U.S. and the U.S. out of the U.N. The U.N. is nothing more then a modern version of The League of Nations.
I agree. The United States needs to get out of the United Nations and to get the United Nations Headquarters out of New York.
I have said it numerous times in the past and I still say it. The biggest mistake the United States made in the 20th Century was to join the United Nations and allow it to be headquartered in this country.
We have been the private ATM for the UN long enough. Time to pull their ATM card.
Well said!
First Michigan was his home state. Then Massachusetts. Now Utah. He isn’t in it for what he can do for Utah. He is in it for what Utah can do for him.
His claim to be all for the little guy is a lot of hot air. Just a little simple research will show how he and his holding company, Bain Capitol, would take over a thriving company, run it in the ground, sell off the assets, close it down and fire all the workers. Sometimes he would relocate a company to another country. Each time he walked away with a very healthy profit and seemed not to care about the little guys loosing their jobs, homes and future. And this is the guy that is calling President Trump a job killer.
I wonder if the Utah voters knew that Romney supports ANTIFA. He says he only supports the part of ANTIFA that is against racism and bigotry. That is like saying there were good Nazis and bad Nazis. There were no good and bad Nazis. There were only Nazis. There is no good and bad ANTIFA. There is only ANTIFA.
In 2012, in my opinion, Mitt was the lessor of two evils. Sometimes I wonder if his loss wasn’t a blessing in disguise. I think Mitt should do something honest for once in his life. Switch to the Democrat Party.
Why do you think i feel FOR ANYONE wishing to ‘run for office’ in ANY MANNER< they should physically have to live in that state, for at least 4 FULL YEARS, before they can even run.
The great German society can not defend itself? They’d have to pay their fair NATO share? Romney is a flip-flopping ***.
TRUMP should pull all our troops out of MERKLESTAN ……
We need to bring our troops home now. I have a feeling WE’LL be needing them in the very near future.
Why the H#// do we have troops in Germany still?
We should bring ALL our Troops home from all over the world and get ready to defend our own country for a change.
We can’t afford it anyway!
Sheesh the idiocy!
The only two nations i say keep them in, are Japan and South korea. THEY AT LEAST like us there.
accusing the European nation of taking advantage of his administration by not paying its fair share to NATO
This is all part of Trump’s stance that nations have taken advantage of the US for far too long. Pay up Europe and stop leaching off the US.
As far as Mutt Romney, as soon as I saw his name I knew this was nothing more than an attack on the president and not a legitimate concern.
Which is why i feel we need to get OUT of nato…