It’s Time to Cut Romania Off

Romania 's electoral commission has banned the right-populist Calin Georgescu from running for president in the country’s upcoming May elections.

Julian Zelizer : The Trump administration should go further by announcing it is pulling troops and support from Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base .

He says leaving the 57th Air Base would make clear that things have changed permanently.

It's hard to imagine what benefit the U.S. gains from the 57th Air Base in Romania .

The base is important to Romania , of course, but its importance to Romania does not make it important to the United States .

Even if the Romanian establishment allows some sort of genuinely right-wing candidate to run, it will not change America ’s geographic national interests.