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President Donald Trump pledged Tuesday that there will be no U.S. troops defending Ukraine's border, even after he leaves office.

"You have my assurance," he told "Fox & Friends" on Tuesday.

"I'm just trying to stop people from being killed," he continued. "They're losing 5,000 to 7,000 people a week in that ridiculous war that should have never happened. If we had a normal president — not even a great president — if we had normal president, it wouldn't have happened."

Trump said he intends to let Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet one-on-one before focusing on a broader trilateral discussion.

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