Charging foreign hosts of American troops the full cost of housing and transporting those forces, plus a 50% markup will mean the closure of U.S. bases abroad, which means a steep reduction in American influence and its ability to project its power abroad.
I don't necessarily view that as a bad thing. If there were no U.S. bases abroad it would, for example, make a U.S. invasion of Iran impossible. But there is no way this is what Trump supporters had in mind when they expected him to "make America great again."
I don't necessarily view that as a bad thing. If there were no U.S. bases abroad it would, for example, make a U.S. invasion of Iran impossible. But there is no way this is what Trump supporters had in mind when they expected him to "make America great again."
