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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"They haven’t exactly been best friends," he said. 

"Maybe they're getting along a little bit better than I thought. Otherwise, I wouldn't have set up the two [of them] meeting, I would have set up a [trilateral meeting]." 

The president also reiterated that Ukraine will not be admitted into NATO, but argued that some European nations have agreed to provide NATO-like protections, including security guarantees. 

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Trump contrasted the ongoing Ukraine conflict with what he described as his success in brokering peace elsewhere.

"I've solved seven wars, we ended seven wars. I thought this would be one of the easier ones, and this has turned out to be the toughest one."

Trump's comments came on the heels of a high-profile meeting with Zelenskyy and a slew of European and NATO leaders at the White House on Monday.

Trump previously met with Putin at a summit in Alaska and spoke with the Russian leader again following his meeting with Zelenskyy to begin coordinating next steps in the peace process aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.

This is a developing story. Come back for more updates.

Fox News' Alec Schemmel contributed to this report.

A Canadian Little Leaguer went viral on Sunday night when he was asked which MLB player he would seek out to get an autograph as the Seattle Mariners and New York Mets came to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, to play a game.

An ESPN broadcaster asked one Australian Little Leaguer who he would want to meet or get an autograph from and the kid responded with Mets star Juan Soto. The broadcaster then asked Canada’s Misha Lee if he would seek out Soto as well.

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"Eh, he’s kinda overrated. He’s all right," he said.

Lee said he would rather seek out Mariners star Cal Raleigh.

Both Raleigh and Soto are among the top players for their respective teams and they faced off in the annual Little League Classic, which features the major league teams in Williamsport as the Little League World Series is being played.

The Mets won the game 7-3. Soto was 0-for-3 with two walks while Raleigh was 2-for-5 with a home run, two RBI and a run scored.

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The difference between Raleigh and Soto this season was that the catcher was an All-Star and the outfielder was not.

Raleigh, following the Mariners’ loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night, is batting .249 with a .949 OPS and a major-league leading 47 home runs. He leads the American League with 102 RBI.

Soto, who signed a 15-year, $765 million deal with the Mets in the offseason, is hitting .251 with an OPS of .881 and 30 home runs. He leads the majors with 96 walks.

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