OREANDA-NEWS. The US Department of Defense deliberately slows down the process of withdrawing part of the military contingent from Germany, which was previously announced by President Donald Trump. This was reported by The Washington Post with reference to its own sources in the military department.

According to the publication, the deliberate delay is associated with deterioration in relations with the commander in chief. American generals allegedly ignore the president’s instructions on this issue. The newspaper indicated that a similar situation is taking place around the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan.

At the same time, the White House believes that Secretary of Defense, Mark Esper, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, deliberately use the tactics of “bureaucratic intransigence” to prevent Trump from achieving his goals. However, the source of The Washington Post stated that there is “nothing heroic” in such behaviour of the officers, and if they really find the president’s desire to relocate American forces so repellent, the best solution for them would be to resign.