{"id":418314,"date":"2021-04-13T15:58:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T19:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=418314"},"modified":"2021-04-13T15:58:51","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T19:58:51","slug":"u-s-to-station-at-least-500-additional-troops-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-to-station-at-least-500-additional-troops-in-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. to station at least 500 additional troops in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-to-station-at-least-500-additional-troops-in-germany%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=418314&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2397482\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2397482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Federal Minister of Defence, and U.S. Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin attended a news conference at the Federal Ministry of Defence in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. (Kay Nietfeld\/dpa via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 12:40 PM PT \u2013 Tuesday, April 13, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The United States announced its intention to deploy an additional 500 troops in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>The statement came in a joint press conference on Tuesday, between U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his German counterpart Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, I briefed the minister on our intention to permanently station approximately 500 additional U.S. personnel in the Wiesbaden area as early as this fall,\u201d Austin stated.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The U.S. commitment to our Alliance with Germany and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NATO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NATO<\/a> remains ironclad. We will increase our troop presence in Germany to further strengthen defense and deterrence against strategic adversaries. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeAreNATO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WeAreNATO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iJHHVbho11\">pic.twitter.com\/iJHHVbho11<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III (@SecDef) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecDef\/status\/1381955164354056193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The move comes amid rising tensions, as Russia has stationed at least 40,000 troops on Ukraine\u2019s eastern border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, these forces will strengthen deterrence and defense in Europe,\u201d Austin explained. \u201cAnd they will augment our existing abilities to prevent conflict and if necessary, to fight and win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Austin avoided questions as to whether the deployment should be interpreted as a message to Russia. The German defense minister referred to the move as a strong signal of the healthy relationship between the U.S. and Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Austin also hopes the move will strengthen American defense capabilities in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis move will also create more space capabilities, more cyber and more electronic warfare capabilities in Europe,\u201d Austin said. \u201cAnd it will greatly improve our ability to surge forces at a moment\u2019s notice to defend our allies.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2397483\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2397483\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2397483\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1712.jpeg\" alt=\"Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Federal Minister of Defence, receives US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin at the Federal Ministry of Defence in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. This is the first visit to Germany by a minister of the new US administration. Austin will then travel on to Stuttgart, where he will talk to soldiers at the US \" width=\"688\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1712.jpeg 688w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AP21103311306635-331x210.jpg 331w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AP21103311306635-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AP21103311306635.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2397483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Federal Minister of Defence, receives U.S. Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin at the Federal Ministry of Defence in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, April 13, 2021.&nbsp; (Kay Nietfeld\/dpa via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, the increase in troops comes in stark contrast to the actions of President Trump, who ordered the withdrawal of 12,000 troops from Germany last year, roughly a third of those stationed there.<\/p>\n<p>The 45th President commented Germany had refused to spend more on its own defense and \u201cthey\u2019d been delinquent for years and they owe NATO billions of dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. currently has around 35,000 troops stationed in Germany, and Kramp-Karrenbauer said Joe Biden gave his word the troop reduction would not happen.<\/p>\n<p>Continuing his tour, Austin is next set to fly to NATO headquarters in Belgium.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/white-house-biden-to-withdraw-2-5k-u-s-troops-from-afghanistan-by-sept-11\/\">White House: Biden To Withdraw 2.5K U.S. Troops From Afghanistan By Sept. 11<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Federal Minister of Defence, and U.S. Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin attended a news conference at the Federal Ministry of Defence in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312119,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1712.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"U.S. to station at least 500 additional troops in Germany","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-418314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1712.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"U.S. to station at least 500 additional troops in Germany","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}