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British Monarchists made the same arguments about royal troops in the soon-to-be United States of America.

>>pphysc+(OP)
British taxation of the colonies (e.g. the Stamp Act and others) was in the opposite direction. The British government was not paying the colonies for its presence in what would become the US.

>>vinay4+Xe
And yet Trump threatened to pull out US troops from Germany because the Germans weren't contributing enough. What did he mean by that?

>>pphysc+Sg
Are you listening to yourself? Trump threatened to pull out US troops, which the Germans didn't want. How is it an occupation when Germans are saying "please don't leave." Germans weren't contributing enough is 100% uncontroversially about German contribution to their own military / defense. US wants European countries to spend their own money on their own defense, at least 2% of GDP. Of course EU countries don't want to spend that money if they don't have to, because they're more than comfortable outsourcing it to the US having to spend $ on those countries' defense in the interest of Pax Americana.