I recall from a few years ago, if we pulled our troops out of Germany we could ballance the budget. Europe does not pay for its defense, the US does. If Europe paid for the cost of their defense, we would be OK
Europe has not had to pay for its defense since WWII, as such, there is really only 1 nation in Europe with a standing army of any relevance and that’s Britain.
How do you think they had the $$ to pay for all their socialist nonsense? They have lived under our protection, none have any sort of army that could defend their borders in an open conflict anymore.