Trump: US is not putting troops in Middle East region

US President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested he was not looking at deploying soldiers to the Middle East.

"I'm not putting troops anywhere," Trump said in response to a reporter who asked whether he was planning to send more service members to the region. "If I were, I certainly wouldn't tell you. But I'm not putting troops. We will do whatever is necessary."

Trump spoke at the White House during an Oval Office meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.