{"id":2476398,"date":"2025-08-19T15:26:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T19:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-clarifies-his-comment-on-us-troops-in-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T15:27:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T19:27:12","slug":"trump-clarifies-his-comment-on-us-troops-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-clarifies-his-comment-on-us-troops-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Clarifies His Comment on US Troops in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-clarifies-his-comment-on-us-troops-in-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2476398&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary of the article is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump assured on Tuesday that U.S. troops would not be sent to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secy-of-state-vows-to-defend-taiwan-against-chinese-invasion\/\" title=\"Secy. of State vows to defend Taiwan against Chinese ...\">defend ukraine<\/a> against Russia, although he had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/furious-airline-passengers-rage-at-pete-buttigieg-as-they-face-holiday-travel-nightmare\/\" title=\"Angry travelers vent frustration at Pete Buttigieg amid holiday travel chaos.\">earlier left<\/a> the possibility open. In a TV interview, Trump stated that Ukraine&#8217;s ambitions to join NATO and reclaim Crimea from Russia are &#8220;impossible.&#8221; the discussions involved Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and European leaders, aiming to resolve the ongoing conflict caused by Russia&#8217;s invasion.Trump acknowledged that while a peace deal might be achievable, Ukraine would have to abandon its goals of NATO membership and regaining Crimea. He also mentioned that Russian President Vladimir Putin is seeking recognition of crimea as Russian territory and the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from certain eastern regions as conditions for any deal.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-4686-3758\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:14832835450050406,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-4686-3758\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump offered his assurances Tuesday that U.S. troops would not be sent to help defend Ukraine against Russia, after seeming to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-leaves-cnn-grieves-network-suffers-post-impeachment-ratings-dive-fox-news-back-on-top\/\" title=\"... Leaves, CNN Grieves: Network Suffers Post-Impeachment Ratings Dive, Fox News Back on Top\">leave open<\/a> the possibility the day before.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also said in a morning TV interview that Ukraine&rsquo;s hopes of joining NATO and regaining the Crimean Peninsula from Russia are &ldquo;impossible.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Republican president, Ukrainian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/zelenskyy-says-needs-everything-trump-order-agree-peace-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a>, and other European leaders held hours of talks at the White House on Monday aimed at bringing an end to Russia&rsquo;s war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>While answering questions from journalists, Trump did not rule out sending U.S. troops to participate in a European-led effort to defend Ukraine as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-rebukes-china-for-human-rights-abuses-in-call-with-chinese-diplomat\/\" title=\"Blinken Rebukes China for Human Rights Abuses in Call with Chinese Diplomat\">security guarantees<\/a> sought by Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said after his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/poll-trumps-popularity-surges-putin-meeting-rises-places-democrats-never-expected\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">meeting in Alaska<\/a> last week with Russian President Vladimir Putin that Putin was open to the idea of security guarantees for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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