US Military Pullback in Africa Opens Door for China and Russia
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TheThis restructuring aligns with President Trump's vision to build a leaner, more lethal U.S. military focused on homeland defense and not foreign, while reducing foreign military footprints. This approach promotes self-reliance among African partners and eliminates bureaucratic layersbureaucracy, saving potentially saving millions in defense spending while maintaining strategic influence through more efficient command structures.
The Trump administration's scaling back of U.S. military engagement in Africa risks creating security vacuums that extremist groups will exploit to further destabilize the continent. Many African militaries remain ill-equipped to handle growing terrorist threats independently, and reducing AFRICOM's presence could diminish America's ability to counter expanding Russian and Chinese influence across the continent.
It is outrageous for the U.S. and its shameless mouthpieces like Langley to call on African nations to take more responsibility for their own security and demand so-called burden-sharing. The U.S. itself is driving the neo-colonization and destabilization of the continent through its covert and dirty operations under the AFRICOM label, creating the military dependency in the first place that they are now getting tired of.
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The Trump administration's scaling back of U.S. military engagement in Africa risks creating security vacuums that extremist groups will exploit to further destabilize the continent. Many African militaries remain ill-equipped to handle growing terrorist threats independently, and reducing AFRICOM's presence could diminish America's ability to counter expanding Russian and Chinese influence across the continent.
It is outrageous for the U.S. and its shameless mouthpieces like Langley to call on African nations to take more responsibility for their own security and demand so-called burden-sharing. The U.S. itself is driving the neo-colonization and destabilization of the continent through its covert and dirty operations under the AFRICOM label, creating the military dependency in the first place that they are now getting tired of.
There is a 30% chance that there will be a successful coup in Africa or Latin America before July 1, 2025, according to the Metaculus prediction community.