Trump says he ‘might’ move US troops to Poland from Germany. troops from Germany to Poland, as the Pentagon prepares to pull around 5,000 American soldiers out of Germany over the next year. will withdraw 5,000 troops from military bases in Germany, following through on a threat Trump made after sparring with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the Iran war. Trump has since gone on to warn that the Pentagon would be “cutting a lot further than 5,000.” Polish President Karol Nawrocki said Wednesday that Poland is ready to host American troops withdrawn from Germany and that he would personally lobby Trump to send the soldiers east. Poland’s defense minister and head of the conservative Polish People’s Party, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, on Saturday welcomed Trump’s remarks.