# Pentagon weighs cutting up to 40,000 US troops from Europe

https://mins.news/en/item/63747

- TRT World, 2026-09-18 05:45 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.trtworld.com/article/f9e850aecb23

> The Pentagon is considering cutting the number of US troops stationed in Europe by up to 40,000. An accompanying photograph shows a US serviceman near a chapel at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base in Romania.

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