Trump’s administration is planning to send extra soldiers to Poland despite the US president’s fraught relationship with NATO (Picture: Getty Images)
Donald Trump announced the dispatch of thousands of extra soldiers to Poland weeks after his sudden decision to pull troops from Germany.
In an apparent U-turn,the US president has caused further confusion among his NATO allies after he announced the plan on Truth Social.
He said in a Truth Social post last night that Poland would now receive 5,000 extra troops after the election victory of the conservative president,Karol Nawrocki.
Trump said: ‘Based on the successful Election of the now President of Poland,Karol Nawrocki,who I was proud to Endorse,and our relationship with him,I am pleased to announce that the United States will be sending an additional 5,000 Troops to Poland.’
Donald Trump has previously threatened to pull the US from NATO and cutting troops in Germany,but he appears to have had a change of heart (Picture: EPA)
The US and Germany share a long history of military cooperation since the Cold War,which saw the peak of American troops in West Germany.
At the moment,Germany hosts around 36,000 American troops according to the latest government figures,with the biggest bases located near Ramstein and Stuttgart.
In comparison,the UK hosts 10,156 US troops across three bases.
Trump’s increasing hostility towards NATO,the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Iran war have led to soul-searching within the military alliance.
But Trump’s anger is also said to have brought the nations closer together,with leaders discussing in private what to do if the US president followed through with his threats to leave the alliance.
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