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NATO troop switch

Then Trump says 5,000 more troops should go to Poland

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Trump said he would send 5,000 more U.S. troops to Poland after officials canceled a separate Poland deployment and announced a Germany pullback, leaving NATO allies looking for a stable map.

  1. Frame 1A planned 4,000-troop move to Poland is canceled.
  2. Frame 2The U.S. also says 5,000 troops will leave Germany.
  3. Frame 3Then Trump says 5,000 more troops should go to Poland.
  4. Frame 4NATO ministers try to read the blinking map.
  5. Frame 5Rubio says U.S. deployments are being reassessed worldwide.
  6. Frame 6The alliance leaves Sweden with the troop math still moving.
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May 23, 9:45 AM EDT
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