These include aid payments to former Employees of the U.S. armed forces, the resolve of US soldiers caused damages and the reimbursement of U.S. investments in former military sites. The Figures resulting from a response of the Ministry of Finance on a request of the Left party deputies Brigitte free hold. The answer is the German press Agency.

United States carries enormous costs - but also profitable bases

The United States pay for the troops stationed however, many times, which leads to Germany. The US Department of defense, the expenses for 2020 is estimated in a budget forecast, from last year to approximately 8,125 billion US dollars (7,234 billion euros). This is 61 Times as much as the 132.4 million euros paid out by Germany in the last year for the troop deployment.

No other location for the Troops in the world comes from the American taxpayers to be more expensive. However, the US benefit troops in the whole of Europe and far beyond from the bases in Germany. Over Ramstein in Rhineland-Palatinate, the supply of U.S. operations in Iraq or Afghanistan, in the neighboring Landstuhl, the largest American military hospital outside the United States, in Stuttgart, the command centers for the U.S. armed forces in Europe and Africa, the Hesse, Wiesbaden is home to the Headquarters of the U.S. Army in Europe and in the Bavarian town of Grafenwöhr, there is one of the largest military training grounds in Europe.

Trump: "for years, Germany has delinquent"

a Total of nearly 35,000 American soldiers in Germany. US President, Donald Trump has announced that 9.500 of them pull it off. He justified the step by the fact that Germany is spending too little on defense. Although the Federal government has increased the defence budget drastically misses the Nato target of 2 percent of gross domestic product by 1.38 per cent, but still significantly. For comparison: in The USA, figures 3.4 percent. "Germany has for years been in default and the Nato owes billions of dollars, and you have to pay," said Trump at the announcement of the withdrawal of the ISAF troops.

He referred to the cause in addition to the fact that the stationing of US troops in Germany, "a tremendous cost" for the US, while Germany is to benefit troops economically by the US. "These are well-paid soldiers. You live in Germany. You spend much of your money in Germany." So Trump is right.

The economic effects are considerable. Example Rhineland-Palatinate: more than half of the US soldiers stationed in Germany. The approximately 18,500 military and 12,000 U.S. civilian employees, and 25,000 family members. In addition, 7.200 German civil are paid employees of the U.S. armed forces.

soldiers will remain withdrawn until Germany

The most recent study of the economic impact is six years old, but will be taken up today in the Region as a gauge. At that time, it was assumed that the troop presence an economic force of 2,347 billions of U.S.-generated dollars: 1,123 billion in wages and salaries, which remain in the Region, 400 million which will be spent for construction work, services, materials, supplies and equipment, and 824 million dollars, which flow through indirect jobs in the value-added in the Region.

Trump does not begrudge Germany this revenue is quite obvious. He has sold his plans openly as a criminal action that could be undone again, if Germany pays for defense. "Until you (pay the Germans), we withdraw our soldiers, a part of our soldiers."

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Date Of Update: 06 July 2020, 09:26