Trump Rules Out US Boots on the Ground, Suggests Air Support for Ukraine

Trump Rules Out US Boots on the Ground, Suggests Air Support for Ukraine
Above: Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L) meets with Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 19. Image copyright: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-Trump narrative

While the U.S. will not commit to putting troops on the ground in Ukraine, it will help coordinate European efforts to provide security guarantees, likely in the form of air support for such arrangements. These efforts are all bringing peace closer to Ukraine.

Anti-Trump narrative

Despite all the talk of security guarantees, it is unlikely that they will amount to anything substantial, given that European countries are unlikely to be willing to police Ukraine's 600-mile-long frontlines and that controlling Ukraine's skies will be a complicated endeavour. Then there's the question of whether Putin would even accept any of these arrangements.

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The Controversies



Establishment split

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