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Trump picks antiwar favorite Douglas Macgregor to be German ambassador
McGregor led the Battle of 73 Easting in Iraq in The Gulf War in February 1991. He has often been referred to as a "renegade." IHMO, renegade reads like a war fighter. He would replace Ambassador Richard Grenell, another lightning rod--a good pick[NYPost] President Trump announced Monday that he will nominate retired Army Col. Douglas Macgregor to be the next US ambassador to Germany. Macgregor is a favorite among Trump supporters who want to pull US troops from the Mideast and Afghanistan. As ambassador, he would oversee Trump’s plan to slash the substantial US troop presence in Germany. Trump said this year he wants to halve the 52,000 US troops in Germany. The Pentagon in June developed plans to withdraw 9,500. Macgregor speaks fluent German, a source told The Post, and is reputed to be an expert on Germany’s history. Opponents of former White House national security adviser John Bolton lobbied Trump last year to fire Bolton and replace him with Macgregor. That post ultimately went to US hostage negotiator Robert O’Brien. Macgregor gained a following pushing a non-interventionist message on Fox News. He told Tucker Carlson in January that Trump should pull US troops out of Afghanistan because he "that’s why we voted for him." The former colonel, who served in the Gulf War, also urged Trump to withdraw troops from Syria. A White House release says Macgregor "is widely recognized as an expert on force design and grand strategy. He is a frequent radio and television commentator on national security affairs and his writings on military affairs have been influential in the transformation of United States ground forces, NATO, and the Israeli Defense Force." Former US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell stepped down last month after serving as acting US intelligence director. Grenell, who is gay, led a Trump administration campaign to decriminalize homosexuality around the world. Grenell was reputed to bring a "Trumpian" approach to relations with German officials. He was a key figure in Trump strategic initiatives, including a campaign to stop a gas pipeline from Russia to Germany and to pressure allies to isolate Iran. Fixed 5:36 AM
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