With the US-Iran ceasefire about to expire, could Trump put boots on the ground?

The US has deployed more forces since the truce and senior Iranians seem to be relishing the prospect of the fight

It is the doomsday scenario that Donald Trump repeatedly swore he would never countenance: putting boots on the ground in a deployment that could embroil the US in a Middle East “forever war”.

Now, with a two-week ceasefire in the war with Iran coming to an end and prospects for renewed negotiations hanging by a thread, the chances of the president breaking that pledge and ordering some kind of ground incursion seem to be rising.