Dr. Janice Stein
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But the brigade that's being removed, just about 5,000, was sent to Germany after Russia invaded Ukraine.
It was not there before.
And there were discussions now for months that...
It was there was no longer needed and that it was going to be pulled out.
And that had nothing to do with what the chancellor said or did.
It clearly accelerated their removal, but it wasn't.
It works for a long time.
That's why you got this.
Pretty quiet reaction from Germany in response.
But, of course, Trump doubled down.
And he said, no, no, we're going to cut more.
We're going to pull back more.
So that would be an issue.
I mean, you can only draw down so much without sending a signal, right?
Oh, boy.
You know, and I always say, that's such a hard question to answer.
It nearly made me think.
You know, I always say the only person who can humiliate me is me.
Because so many, you know what I'm saying.
Sure.