Trump's Poland troop switch confuses NATO allies
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.
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- A planned 4,000-troop move to Poland is canceled.
- The U.S. also says 5,000 troops will leave Germany.
- Then Trump says 5,000 more troops should go to Poland.
- NATO ministers try to read the blinking map.
- Rubio says U.S. deployments are being reassessed worldwide.
- The alliance leaves Sweden with the troop math still moving.
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- May 23, 1:37 PM UTC
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