US Boots On The Ground Likelihood Is ‘Very Very Low’ | Lt Gen David Leakey
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“Trump can't go on ratcheting up the escalation rhetoric without producing some concrete evidence that he is serious.”
The possibility of Donald Trump deploying ground troops is "not out of the question" but instead he appears to be testing the waters about a more calculated conflict strategy, says Lieutenant General David Leakey, Former Director General of the European Union Military Staff.
Lieutenant General David Leakey was speaking to Andrew Neil on The Times at One. Listen live every Monday-Thursday from 1pm.
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