He said Europe….
NOT the Ukraine….
Asked where the troops should go, the Swede said, “probably where they are today. Because you have bases in Europe. It’s not like you’re not there. It’s more it’s more like… reinforce what you have… More people, more capabilities.”
Sweden does not host any U.S. military bases.
Poland has long been eager to add more U.S. troops to the 5,500 it already hosts under an agreement struck during the Trump administration. Latvia also has appealed for a bigger U.S. presence, either on a rotational basis or permanent, and has suggested it would pay some of the costs to base them there…
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Bydén [ the General is the Swedish supreme commander,] declined to say how many more troops the United States should send. He also declined to give details about his meetings with U.S. officials and what each side pledged to the other.
Asked for comment, a Pentagon spokesperson said: “The Department of Defense and the Sweden Ministry of Defense enjoy long-standing cooperation as highlighted in the 2016 Bilateral Statement of Intent. We also enjoy strong trilateral cooperation with Sweden and Finland, both of which are Nordic NATO Enhanced Opportunity Partners.”
The Swedish military leader stressed that European countries should step up their own coordination and actions in the event of a Russian move against Ukraine. But when asked if Sweden would join NATO, he noted that was not in his country’s current government’s plans….
Note…
President Trump was trying to get European countries to ‘pay’ for American troops, or send them back to the states….