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President Donald Trump on Tuesday promised that there would be no American soldiers defending the Ukraine border, even after leaving the office.
“You have my assurance,” he told “Fox and Friends” on Tuesday.
“I am just trying to stop people from being killed,” they continued. “They are losing 5,000 to 7,000 people in a week in that ridiculous war that should never have happened. If we had a general president – not even a great president – if we had a general president, it would not have happened.”
Trump said that he intends to meet each one before focusing on the widespread tripartite discussion to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelanski.
Trump: Europe will ‘take a lot of burden’ in providing security guarantee for Ukraine
The Ukrainian President Volodimier Zelansky (L) meets US President Donald Trump on August 19, 2025 at Washington DC, United States. (Ukrainian Presidency / Handout / Anadolu Getty Image)
“They were not the best friends,” he said.
“Perhaps they are getting a little better than my view. Otherwise, I would not have installed both [of them] Meeting, I must have installed one [trilateral meeting],
The President also reiterated that Ukraine would not be admitted to NATO, but argued that some European countries have agreed to provide security -like security with security guarantee.
Trump has called the White House talks ‘very good, initial steps’ towards Russia-Ukraine Peace
President Donald Trump meets Ukraine’s President Volodimier Zelanski at the Oval Office at the White House on Monday, August 18, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Damri Nikhinson)
Trump was contrary to the ongoing Ukraine struggle, which he had peacefully described as his success as peace.
“I have solved seven wars, we have ended seven wars. I felt it would be one of the easy people, and it has become the most difficult.”
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Trump’s comments came on a high-profile meeting with Zelansky and European and NATO leaders at the White House on Monday.
Trump first met Putin at a summit in Alaska and spoke with Russian leader again after his meeting with Zelansky to coordinate the next steps in the peace process with the aim of ending the war in Ukraine.
This is a developing story. Return for more updates.
Fox News’ Alec Scamel contributed to this report.
