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

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On Tuesday, May 19th, 2026, Donald Trump executed the same playbook twice in twelve hours — pausing the 86-year-old Permanent Joint Board on Defense with Canada, cancelling 4,000 troops bound for Poland, and sending JD Vance to the White House podium to tell Europe to "stand on its own two feet." But the revolt didn't come from Democrats. It came from his OWN party. 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 lost two allies and hi

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