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Emran Feroz, Kelsey D. Atherton, Michael John Williams

Some Germans Will Be Happy to See U.S. Troops Leave

Somali children in a camp for displaced people after hundreds fled U.S. airstrikes against al-Shabab in Baidoa, autonomous South West State of Somalia, on Dec. 18, 2018. MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB/AFP via Getty Images

STUTTGART, Germany—President Donald Trump’s decision last month to cut the U.S. deployment in Germany by nearly 12,000 troops angered many Germans, who viewed it as petty score-settling by Washington that could harm local businesses operating near U.S. bases.

But a few Germans will be happy to see the Americans leave.

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