The Trump administration is currently considering providing Ukraine with some sort of security guarantee. While the exact nature of the security guarantee is still to be determined, the administration has indicated that they could come in the form of coordination and support for a European-led coalition, American-provided weaponry, and even American-provided air support. The only concept which seems to have been taken off the table by President Donald Trump himself is the idea of American troops being deployed to Ukraine.
If Trump’s promise to keep American boots out of Ukraine, it would be good for America, as expanding our presence in Europe, instead of shrinking it, would represent—at best—a strategic distraction, when we should be focusing more on Asia and on our own people. More concerning, deploying troops to Ukraine would keep Washington focused on a regional war fought by regional powers far from America’s shores, all while escalating tensions with the only other nuclear superpower.
More broadly, participating in a peacekeeping operation—or even encouraging Europe to partake in such an operation while NATO is still existent— would be an even larger mistake because peacekeeping missions, contrary to their nomenclature, simply do not work.
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