Trump: US is not putting troops in Middle East region

Middle East Eye · March 19, 2026 Politics

Trump: US is not putting troops in Middle East region US President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested he was not looking at deploying soldiers to the Middle East. "I'm not putting troops anywhere," Trump said in response to a reporter who asked whether he was planning to send more service members to the region. "If I were, I certainly wouldn't tell you.