Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) slammed President Trump’s decision to draw down troops in Germany, warning the decision was “dangerously misguided.” “This is a dangerously misguided policy.
If the United States abandons allies, withdraws our forces, and retreats within our borders, the cause of freedom—on which our nation was founded & our security depends—will be in peril,” Cheney, the No. 3 Republican in the House and a top foreign policy hawk, tweeted Saturday.
This is a dangerously misguided policy. If the United States abandons allies, withdraws our forces, and retreats within our borders, the cause of freedom—on which our nation was founded & our security depends—will be in peril. https://t.co/AGViEJRvTP
— Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) June 6, 2020
The rebuke comes after Trump directed the Pentagon to send 9,500 troops home from Germany, which would bring the total stationed there down to 25,000.
A defense official told The Wall Street Journal the plan, which was ordered by national security adviser Robert O’Brien, has been underway since September and is not related to rising tensions between Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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Cheney blasts Trump move to draw down troops in Germany: "Dangerously misguided" https://t.co/DRrlyLd4TZ pic.twitter.com/YRb4cf0vpV
— The Hill (@thehill) June 6, 2020
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