President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on March 26, 2026. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
President Donald Trump said U.S. troops would remain deployed in the Middle East until the ongoing U.S. military operation in Iran is completed.
“It costs us very little to keep them there. I don’t consider them in danger,” the president said, speaking with NBC’s “Meet the Press” on June 7.
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