{"id":313998,"date":"2025-08-20T07:10:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T07:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=313998"},"modified":"2025-08-21T06:16:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T06:16:06","slug":"trump-gives-his-assurance-for-no-us-boots-on-the-ground-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=313998","title":{"rendered":"Trump gives his \u2018assurance\u2019 for no US boots on the ground in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irie Sentner \u2013 Politico Aug 19, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n

President Donald Trump on Tuesday pledged that American troops would not be on the ground in Ukraine \u2014 but provided little other insight into the scale of U.S. security guarantees as he pushes to end Russia\u2019s war on its neighbor.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have my assurance, and I\u2019m president,\u201d Trump said on \u201cFox & Friends,\u201d when asked what assurances he has that there won\u2019t be American boots in the country to defend against another Russian incursion.<\/p>\n

There is room for U.S. military involvement that doesn\u2019t require American troops in Ukraine, including air or drone support or noncombat roles. In fact, a senior administration official, granted anonymity to discuss private conversations, told POLITICO on Monday that there isn\u2019t a red line on a U.S. role<\/a>, adding that the U.S. could participate in a peacekeeping force if it is the last piece required for a deal.<\/p>\n

The comments \u2014 Trump\u2019s first since Monday\u2019s White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders \u2014 come after an intense few days of negotiations. During a summit in Alaska, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed openness to security guarantees<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But the details of those security guarantees could remain a sticking point internationally.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe haven\u2019t even started [that discussion] other than a commitment,\u201d another senior administration official, also granted anonymity, told POLITICO<\/a>. \u201cThe question is, \u2018Who participates to what percentage?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump on Tuesday stressed that Ukraine would not join NATO, but that Ukraine would have security protections Europe would \u201cfront load.\u201d He said \u201ca couple\u201d countries \u2014 including France, Germany and the United Kingdom \u2014want to have \u201cboots on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n

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However, that doesn\u2019t mean that U.S. warplanes won\u2019t soon defend the skies above Israel. This pledge simply gives the U.S. the arms and resources it needs to defend Israel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-313998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ukraine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=313998"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":314022,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313998\/revisions\/314022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=313998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=313998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=313998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}