Trump Tried to Pull His Army Out of Europe. What His Own Party Did Next Stopped Him Cold.

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Trump tried to pull America's army out of Europe — 5,000 troops from Germany, 4,000 cancelled for Poland. His Vice President stood at the White House podium and told Europe to "stand on its own two feet." The same week, Pentagon Under Secretary of War Elbridge Colby paused the 86-year-old Permanent Joint Board on Defense with Canada. Then his OWN party did something almost unheard of. Senator Roger Wicker, Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Representative Mike Rogers, Republican chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. Both warned Trump he was sending "the wrong signal to Putin." Republican defense hawks are now quietly drafting legislation to STOP their own president's troop withdrawals. Meanwhile, Mark Carney was 120 km north of Montreal, breaking ground on the largest graphite mine in the G7 — locking down 56 critical mineral deals with 10 countries. The ally Trump abandoned had already built the alternative. This is the story of the day Trump tri

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