Trump thinks troops in Germany protect Germany. They don't. They're projection platforms for US operations across three continents. Germany, Italy, Spain - these aren't charity cases, they're logistics hubs. This is what happens when you have no foreign policy framework and you're just transactional. He sees bases as leverage to squeeze cash out of allies instead of understanding they're the infrastructure of American power projection. And now he's threatening to yank them as personal punishment. Rep Don Bacon actually knows what he's talking about here - commanded Ramstein, understands the real strategic value. Trump's tantrum is literally shooting US strategic interests in the foot.