US pullout from Germany another contradictory Trump policy

James Petras, author and political commentator said on one hand the US constantly condemns Europeans and Germany for not contributing enough to NATO, and on the other hand claims mulling lesser military presence in Europe, namely Germany.

He also reminded that Trump's concern with military expenditures in Germany is in contradiction with major increases in US military spending in this year's US budget. 

Petras said “there is no substantive basis for what Trump has recently said regarding the withdrawal of US troops. It’s also questionable whether Trump would be able to convince the US generals in the Pentagon that this is a good policy for the US. So one has to view this statement with a good deal of questions.”

US withdrawing troops from Germany?
The Washington Post reported on Friday that the US Department of Defense was analyzing the cost and consequences of shifting either some or all 35,000 US troops to the US or Poland.

Citing anonymous sources, the paper said President Donald Trump had showed interest in shifting US forces during a White House meeting earlier in the year after he had voiced shock at the number of American troops in Germany and complained that other countries had not been contributing fairly to joint security or paying enough to NATO.

Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon, however, dismissed any suggestion of a full or partial withdrawal from Germany and described such analysis of the US troop deployments as routine.

Despite repeated denials of a rift between Washington and NATO countries, the US president has suggested withdrawing from the 29-member alliance on multiple occasions.