One day after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and several European leaders at the White House, President Donald Trump ruled out deploying U.S. ground troops in Ukraine.

The issue arose during discussions of potential security guarantees aimed at reaching a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia.

At Tuesday’s White House press briefing, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that while the president has ruled out boots on the ground, he may be open to the possibility of U.S. air support.

"It is an option and a possibility. I certainly won't rule out anything as far as military options that the president has at his disposal," Leavitt said. "I'll let him do that."

Leavitt added that Trump directed his team to develop a framework for the security guarantees.

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