President Donald Trump plans to pull about 20,000 U.S. troops from Europe, according to a leading Italian news agency.

A European diplomatic source told ANSA that Trump, who entered office on Monday for a second term, wants to reduce the American contingent in Europe by about 20 percent and plans to ask for a “financial contribution” for the maintenance of the remaining troops.

  • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    There are plenty of rich people who lost their wealth-- mostly due to stupidity because they became decadent and resting on their laurels, believing their luck will last forever, like Charlie Sheen. Trump could have done the same and he has had plenty of lawsuits. And yet he’s still here. Edit: going on tangent, that being said, I would argue it’s far easier to lose money than to keep them.

    As someone mentioned, Trump’s antics are all smoke and mirrors for distraction. But didn’t realise that someone totally dumb would not be doing that all. The greatest trick that the devil pulled is make everyone believe he is stupid and harmless.

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      14 hours ago

      And Trump lost a lot of money at times, if you think back 2 or so years, it was unclear whether the descriptor “billionaire” was still accurate

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      A multi-millionaire can lose their money, a billionaire gets more than they can spend just by having it