© AFP via Getty ImagesPresident Trump meetsVolodymyr Zelensky on August 18, 2025. Heavens, he's wearing a suit! The end must be near!
Trump insisted that the American public has "my assurance" when pressed in an interview on "Fox & Friends" Tuesday morning that there "won't be American boots on the ground defending that border" in Ukraine.
"Well, you have my assurance," the president replied. "I'm president and I'm just trying to stop people from being killed."
Trump asserted that the US would support the Europeans in providing Ukraine with security, hinting that much of that support would be from air power.
"We're willing to help them with things, especially, probably, if you could talk about by air, because nobody has the kind of stuff we have," he said.
He noted that the Europeans will likely have boots on the ground in Ukraine.
"They want to have boots on the ground," Trump said of European allies. "I don't think it's going to be a problem, to be honest with you, I think Putin is tired of it [the war]. I think they're all tired of it. But you never know. We're going to find out about President Putin in the next couple of weeks."
© Associated PressUkraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, seated from background left, France’s President Emmanuel Macron and President Donald Trump on Monday, August 18, 2025
Comment: What kind of leader needs to bring a team of minders?
Emotional support team: European leaders travel to DC for Zelensky's White House meeting with Trump
"We're going to see where it all goes. It's possible that he [Putin] doesn't want to make a deal," he added.
Ukraine has long demanded security guarantees to deter Russia from possible future invasions.
Comment: Piffle. Russia agreed to security guarantees in every agreement Kiev broke, from Minsk I & II, to Istanbul.
Top Trump administration officials, including special envoy Steve Witkoff, have publicly claimed that Russian tyrant Vladimir Putin has agreed to a NATO-like arrangement where countries would agree to defend Ukraine.
On Monday, however, the Russian Foreign Ministry seemingly pumped the brakes on the idea of NATO participants providing guarantees to Ukraine.
"We reaffirm our repeatedly stated position on our categorical rejection of any scenarios that envisage the appearance in Ukraine of a military contingent with the participation of NATO countries, which is fraught with an uncontrolled escalation of the conflict with unpredictable consequences," the foreign ministry said, Russian state media RIA reported, per a translation.
© Benjamin Applebaum /Dod /Global Look PressTrump and Putin met in Alaska Friday, August 15. 2025.
Putin has reportedly floated China as one of the countries that could participate in that arrangement.
In another development, Zelensky announced Monday that Ukraine could receive a $90 billion security package funded by the Europeans, featuring American firepower and a deal for the US to purchase advanced Ukrainian drones.
His meeting with Trump on Monday was notably chummy compared to the tense Feb. 28 encounter in which a dramatic shouting match between the two men erupted in the Oval Office in front of the cameras.
Zelensky was joined by about half a dozen European leaders at the last-minute White House gathering. Following his discussion with the US allies, Trump held a private call with Putin.
"I didn't do it in front of them. I thought that would be disrespectful to President Putin. I wouldn't do that because they have not had the warmest relations," he said. "It was years that he didn't speak to anybody from the White House — and it was a long time that he didn't speak to anybody from Europe."
During his call with Putin, Trump attempted to set up a bilateral meeting between him and Zelensky, and claimed that the Russian leader signalled his willingness to participate.
Zelensky has been meeting with European leaders and Trump to try to find an end to the war. Pool/ABACA/Shutterstock
Trump warned that while he hopes "Putin is going to be good, if he's not, that's going to be a rough situation."
He also bragged about his rapport with Putin but stressed that he doesn't "care about the relationship" if it doesn't lead to any progress.
"If I can save 7,000 people a week from being killed, I think that's pretty [good]. I want to try and get to heaven if possible. I hear I'm not doing well. I hear I'm really at the bottom of the totem pole," the president quipped. "If I can get to heaven, this will be one of the reasons."
Bombs sent to Odesa on the 18th are only the first step towards total control of ALL of what used to be called "The Ukraine" - so really - this propaganda is in conflict with facts on the ground - the forces trying to defend the indefensible are already lost in numbers, morale, fuel, supplies - and soon the whole front will collapse - and in fact it already has.
So I ask - who holds the cards Trumpster?
And really somebody needs to tell the NY Post - to stop this pathetic propaganda.
Capice?
Does that makes sense to you?
I mean some of us are more than fedup with dc and propaganda outlets spewing this bs....
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