“Today's story that we are sending 12,000 troops to Saudi Arabia is false,” Trump wrote on his Twitter.

The story today that we are sending 12,000 troops to Saudi Arabia is false or, to put it more accurately, Fake News!

- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 6, 2019

Earlier, Fox News reported that the United States could send an additional contingent of 7,000 soldiers to the Middle East.

On December 5, The Wall Street Journal reported that the United States could increase its military presence in the Middle East by sending another 14,000 soldiers to the region to confront Iran.