Donald Trump is rearranging the Empire, not dismantling it

Filed by Elara Myst

 by José Niño | Sep 8, 2026 Roughly 4,000 soldiers of the Army’s 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, unpacked their gear in the second week of May. The Associated Press reported that the Pentagon had scrapped their rotation to Poland altogether, thinning American numbers in Europe by blocking arrivals instead of extracting anyone already on the ground. Three officials tied the cancellation to a presidential order signed at the start ...