US President Donald Trump said he has no plans to withdraw U.S. troops, even amid a fragile and frequently violated temporary ceasefire and even though he assesses that Iran’s defensive and offensive capabilities have been deeply degraded.

Axar.az reports that Trump said this in an interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press.”

“Look, we have totally destroyed their military. They have some missiles left. They have some drones left,” he said.

He added that he believes Iran has just “21%, 22%” of its prewar missile stockpile remaining.

But that doesn’t mean the 50,000 U.S. troops deployed to the region are coming home soon.

“It costs us very little to keep them there,” Trump said, later adding: “I would say it would be foolhardy to do that because maybe we may use them” to force Iran’s hand at the negotiating table.

“It’s unlikely. But I think we’ll keep them there until such time as we have a completion,” he said, referring to U.S. troops.