In the US, they talked about disappointment in the FRG Ministry of Defense with the withdrawal of American troops

He said this during a video conference organized by the Washington Hudson Institute.

“I talked with my German colleagues, and the US Defense Minister Mark Esper - RT ) with his own. Of course, they are disappointed for a number of obvious reasons, but I think that all our allies in NATO understand our entire system, ”the general said.

According to Hayten, the decision to withdraw some of the troops from the FRG "accelerated the schedule" of the rotational deployment in Europe.

At the end of July, the head of the Pentagon, Mark Esper, announced that the United States would withdraw 11.9 thousand troops from Germany, about 5.6 thousand of which would be redeployed to NATO countries.

At the same time, 24 thousand American soldiers will remain in Germany.

Later, the US Department of Defense explained that they were regrouping their troops in Europe to move closer to the Russian borders.