Trump Says He Will Look at Establishing Base in Lithuania
Lithuania has offered to pay for the installation as the Pentagon reviews U.S. troop posture in Europe.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump said he would "certainly look at" establishing a U.S. military base in Lithuania, responding to Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius, who stated last week his country is "ready to pay the bill."
- Positioned less than 70 miles from mainland Russia, Lithuania spends about 5.4 per cent of its gross domestic product on defense, the highest among NATO allies, making it highly motivated to host permanent U.S. military presence.
- While the country currently hosts no large permanent American military installation, a new rotation of up to 1,000 U.S. troops is scheduled to arrive in late October for a nine-month tour.
- The Pentagon is conducting a six-month review of U.S. military posture in Europe, expected to conclude in December, which may shift conventional defense responsibilities to NATO allies.
- Bradley Bowman, senior director at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies Center for Military and Political Power, warned that withdrawals from Europe are "ill-advised" amid "growing Russian aggression" threatening Baltic allies.
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Lithuania hopes that the United States will establish its military base there and promises to cover its costs. Lithuanians' optimism was also boosted by the US president's promise to consider the proposal.
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, said that he would analyse Lithuania's proposal to establish a permanent American military base on the territory of the Baltic. "They are wonderful people, we will analyze the proposal," said the American leader at a press conference in which Ana Maria Păcurau, the only Romanian journalist accredited to the White House, participated.
The United States will consider the possibility of deploying a permanent military base on Lithuanian territory. Donald Trump has said so in response to journalists' questions. The United States is discussing the deployment of a permanent military base in Poland, and negotiations have been going on for a long time.
The United States is considering establishing a U.S. military base in Lithuania, President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House. He did not say where the facility would be located, how many troops would be stationed there or when a decision might be made. It was not immediately clear whether Washington had already reached an agreement with Lithuanian authorities or had discussed the idea with NATO. No final decision on the base has bee…
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