President Trump Announces Deployment of Extra 5,000 Troops to NATO’s Eastern Flank, Poland

The United States will boost the number of soldiers it has deployed on the eastern frontier of the NATO alliance, increasing the garrison of ally Poland by up to 50 per cent, President Donald Trump said.

U.S. President Donald Trump spoke of his pride in announcing the redeployment of U.S. forces in Europe with an additional American troops going to Poland, on top of the perhaps 10,000 already stationed there. The President cited his good relationship with Poland’s President for the move.

The development appears to be part of Washington’s new policy towards NATO, that the members of the alliance that put most in get most out. The Trump administration announced earlier this year that it was to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany — which has long dragged its heels on the NATO alliance and was highly critical of the Iran war — while Poland has been something of a