Poll: Nearly Half of Germans Favor US Troop Cuts
25% would prefer US to withdraw from Germany entirely
Jason Ditz
President Trump’s decision to cut US troops in Germany may have been done with an eye on punishing the Germans for not spending more on their military, but polls have consistently showed Germans aren’t thrilled with the US presence, and the latest YouGov/DPA poll again shows that.
The new poll says 47% of Germans favor the idea of 12,000 US soldiers leaving Germany. Only 28 percent wanted the troops to stay. On top of this, 25% of Germans said they’d just as soon the US leave Germany outright.
This shows a split between the Germans and the nation’s political parties, as only Die Linke supports the US troop cuts, and supports the US leaving fully from the country, Other parties generally oppose the troop cuts, warning it would harm US-German ties.
US hopes of teaching Germany a lesson seems far-fetched, as the Germans see the US presence as largely optional, and with allies on all borders, and no real enemies, it is hard to blame them.
The new poll says 47% of Germans favor the idea of 12,000 US soldiers leaving Germany. Only 28 percent wanted the troops to stay. On top of this, 25% of Germans said they’d just as soon the US leave Germany outright.
This shows a split between the Germans and the nation’s political parties, as only Die Linke supports the US troop cuts, and supports the US leaving fully from the country, Other parties generally oppose the troop cuts, warning it would harm US-German ties.
US hopes of teaching Germany a lesson seems far-fetched, as the Germans see the US presence as largely optional, and with allies on all borders, and no real enemies, it is hard to blame them.
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