US Defense Secretary Mark Esper unveiled a tentative roadmap for moving 11,900 US troops out of Germany, and relocating the lion’s share to either Belgium, Italy, or back to the United States.

The potential move comes after US President Donald Trump repeatedly chided Berlin for not spending enough money on national defence and threatened to reduce the US military footprint inside the nation. Esper told reporters on 29 July that Trump’s push “accelerated” his review of the US European Command (USEUCOM) and the department is now set to spend billions of dollars moving forces around.

”Clearly, the costs right now are estimates [but] it’ll take several billion dollars, I’d say single digits, but that’ll be spread over time obviously, but we need to refine that,” he told reporters.

Esper noted that everything is subject to change but said that there are currently 36,000 US military personnel based in Germany and if the new plan comes to fruition, that number will drop to around 24,000.

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper unveiled a tentative roadmap for moving 11,900 US troops out of Germany, and relocating the lion’s share to either Belgium, Italy, or back to the United States.

The potential move comes after US President Donald Trump repeatedly chided Berlin for not spending enough money on national defence and threatened to reduce the US military footprint inside the nation. Esper told reporters on 29 July that Trump’s push “accelerated” his review of the US European Command (USEUCOM) and the department is now set to spend billions of dollars moving forces around.

”Clearly, the costs right now are estimates [but] it’ll take several billion dollars, I’d say single digits, but that’ll be spread over time obviously, but we need to refine that,” he told reporters.

Esper noted that everything is subject to change but said that there are currently 36,000 US military personnel based in Germany and if the new plan comes to fruition, that number will drop to around 24,000.

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper unveiled a tentative roadmap for moving 11,900 US troops out of Germany, and relocating the lion’s share to either Belgium, Italy, or back to the United States.

The potential move comes after US President Donald Trump repeatedly chided Berlin for not spending enough money on national defence and threatened to reduce the US military footprint inside the nation. Esper told reporters on 29 July that Trump’s push “accelerated” his review of the US European Command (USEUCOM) and the department is now set to spend billions of dollars moving forces around.

”Clearly, the costs right now are estimates [but] it’ll take several billion dollars, I’d say single digits, but that’ll be spread over time obviously, but we need to refine that,” he told reporters.

Esper noted that everything is subject to change but said that there are currently 36,000 US military personnel based in Germany and if the new plan comes to fruition, that number will drop to around 24,000.

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper unveiled a tentative roadmap for moving 11,900 US troops out of Germany, and relocating the lion’s share to either Belgium, Italy, or back to the United States.

The potential move comes after US President Donald Trump repeatedly chided Berlin for not spending enough money on national defence and threatened to reduce the US military footprint inside the nation. Esper told reporters on 29 July that Trump’s push “accelerated” his review of the US European Command (USEUCOM) and the department is now set to spend billions of dollars moving forces around.

”Clearly, the costs right now are estimates [but] it’ll take several billion dollars, I’d say single digits, but that’ll be spread over time obviously, but we need to refine that,” he told reporters.

Esper noted that everything is subject to change but said that there are currently 36,000 US military personnel based in Germany and if the new plan comes to fruition, that number will drop to around 24,000.

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper unveiled a tentative roadmap for moving 11,900 US troops out of Germany, and relocating the lion’s share to either Belgium, Italy, or back to the United States.

The potential move comes after US President Donald Trump repeatedly chided Berlin for not spending enough money on national defence and threatened to reduce the US military footprint inside the nation. Esper told reporters on 29 July that Trump’s push “accelerated” his review of the US European Command (USEUCOM) and the department is now set to spend billions of dollars moving forces around.

”Clearly, the costs right now are estimates [but] it’ll take several billion dollars, I’d say single digits, but that’ll be spread over time obviously, but we need to refine that,” he told reporters.

Esper noted that everything is subject to change but said that there are currently 36,000 US military personnel based in Germany and if the new plan comes to fruition, that number will drop to around 24,000.

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper unveiled a tentative roadmap for moving 11,900 US troops out of Germany, and relocating the lion’s share to either Belgium, Italy, or back to the United States.

The potential move comes after US President Donald Trump repeatedly chided Berlin for not spending enough money on national defence and threatened to reduce the US military footprint inside the nation. Esper told reporters on 29 July that Trump’s push “accelerated” his review of the US European Command (USEUCOM) and the department is now set to spend billions of dollars moving forces around.

”Clearly, the costs right now are estimates [but] it’ll take several billion dollars, I’d say single digits, but that’ll be spread over time obviously, but we need to refine that,” he told reporters.

Esper noted that everything is subject to change but said that there are currently 36,000 US military personnel based in Germany and if the new plan comes to fruition, that number will drop to around 24,000.