Trump confirms he wants to pull thousands of U.S. troops from Germany

President Donald Trump on Monday said he wanted to lower the number of U.S. troops in Germany to 25,000 in response to what he characterized as German delinquency on military spending. The reduction in troop numbers, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, is deeply unpopular among Republican lawmakers and some national security experts. “We’re…

Germany is staging the safe and successful reopening Trump can only dream of

There’s good news and bad news out of Germany. The good news is, the country’s cautious reopening appears to be working. Since the easing of restrictions implemented two weeks ago, infection rates are not only stable but decreasing.  The bad news is, Donald Trump isn’t German Chancellor Angela Merkel—and we’re not Germany. “We have reached the…