Canceling the withdrawal of 25 thousand soldiers: the Pentagon changed its mind.
The United States reexamined the plans to reduce American power in Europe. According to a report by the Bloomberg news agency, approximately five thousand of the 80 thousand military personnel will be returned home, mainly from Germany. And NATO's eastern wing, in contrast, may be strengthened: the countries bordering Russia are ready to pay for it.
The Pentagon also has other limitations: the law prohibits reducing the American force in Europe over time to a level lower than 76,000 people, and the new Congress with a Democratic majority will follow it even more strictly.
And regarding this: when in 2022 Putin demanded that NATO return to the borders of 1997, the number of American military personnel in Europe, on the contrary, increased. And the one who increased it was Joe Biden.