Trump says ground operation against Iran is unlikely

TASS · 🇮🇷 public Iran · Jun 07, 2026 · 86 words

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What to know about Trump says ground operation against Iran is unlikely

US President Donald Trump stated in an NBC News interview that while the deployment of US ground troops in Iran is unlikely, he does not rule it out. He also mentioned that the approximately 50,000 US soldiers currently in the Middle East are not considered to be in danger.

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What happened

US President Donald Trump has said that doesn’t rule out deploying US ground troops in Iran but said that such a scenario is hardly ever likely.

Why it matters

It's unlikely, but I think we'll keep them there until such time as we have a completion [of the conflict]," he said in an interview with NBC News.

Common ground

He also said that he doesn’t consider the US contingent of around 50,000 soldiers deployed to the Middle East to be "in danger."

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 3 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “but said that such a scenario is hardly ever likely”

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While the evidence confirms Trump did not rule out ground troops, none of the provided search results or Wikipedia entries contain the specific qualification that such a scenario is 'hardly ever likely.'

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2025 and 2026, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Ali…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_(buffalo)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Islamabad Memorandum, officially the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran, was a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamabad_Memorandum

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Claim 2: “US President Donald Trump has said that doesn’t rule out deploying US ground troops in Iran”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Donald Trump has refused to rule out deploying ground troops to Iran, with one source specifically citing an interview on March 2, 2026.

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Claim 3: “he doesn’t consider the US contingent of around 50,000 soldiers deployed to the Middle East to be "in danger."”

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The evidence confirms a military buildup in the Middle East in 2026 and the deployment of soldiers, but there is no specific statement in the provided text where Trump claims the contingent (specifically cited as 50,000) is not 'in danger.'

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Beginning in late January 2026, the United States carried out its largest military buildup in the Middle East since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, deploying air, naval, and missile defense assets amid esc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_military_bu…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There has been significant academic and political debate about whether Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, can be considered a fascist according to consensus definitions of…
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