More On Germany

"It's very simple. They're delinquent," Trump said at the White House before leaving on a campaign trip to Texas.

"Not in 40 years have U.S. assurances to NATO been more necessary or more important to our standing in the world."

The move will cost billions of dollars, according to Defense Secretary Mark Esper.

"The conditions that existed at the height of the Cold War are now to be found only in history books."

Details on the pullout of 9,500 U.S. troops from Germany have yet to be decided.

The DoD said that Trump approved the withdrawal proposals presented at a White House briefing by Defense Secretary Esper.

The head of U.S. Air Forces in Europe says he has not received direction to begin drawing down airmen from bases in Germany.

Republicans are urging a reversal of the decision to pull 9,500 U.S. troops out of Germany.

There was a campaign to stop the auction, but Germany is not subject to U.S. laws.

Preparations in Germany follow facility closures at the base in Vicenza, Italy.