The worst-case scenario is now a possible one: European troops fighting off an invasion largely alone.
It’s by no means clear the Europeans would succeed. Romanian and other European officials at the exercise in Cincu, about 260 kilometers (162 miles) north of Bucharest by road, voiced concerns about how long it would take for NATO allies to make it to the front.
French four-star General Philippe de Montenon said he’s confident Europe could prevail, even without the US on side. “The direction of history is a progressive disengagement of the United States from the European continent,” he said.
Shame that’s not true
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-10-0132-1_1
Do you have a source for your claims? Because I do for mine. Also, look up land used by US in Japan. It has reduced by nearly 50% since they entered Japan.