A Biden Administration Could Cause Problems for Eastern European Countries

By Liz Sheld (interview with Yuri Vanetik)

In August, the United States signed an agreement to redeploy troops from Germany to Poland. Currently the U.S. has about 4,500 troops in Poland and the new agreement will bring the total to 5,500. “This is going to be an extended guarantee — a guarantee that in case of a threat our soldiers are going to stand arm-in-arm,” Poland’s President Andrzej Duda said when the deal was signed. “It will also serve to increase the security of other countries in our part of Europe.” While the Trump administration has built up America’s relationship with Eastern Europe, a Biden administration could move in a very different direction.

The redeployment of U.S. troops brought outrage from many Obama-friendly stake holders in America’s generous, Euro-centric foreign policy. Trump detractor Mitt Romney complained “The Administration’s plan to remove thousands of U.S. troops from Germany is a grave error. It is a slap in the face at a friend and ally when we should instead be drawing closer in our mutual commitment to deter Russian and Chinese aggression.” But Germany is comfortable enough with Russia to purchase and depend on their energy, so why should the U.S. military protect them against Russian aggression? ­­­