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(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump connected Thursday likened the Russia-Ukraine struggle to 2 children warring successful a park, suggesting to the 2 nations "fight for a while" earlier bid efforts resume.
"Sometimes you spot 2 young children warring similar crazy, they hatred each other, and they're warring successful a park," Trump said, describing what helium told Russian President Vladimir Putin during a telephone telephone connected Wednesday. "Sometimes you're amended disconnected letting them combat for a portion and past pulling them apart."
The comments came during an Oval Office gathering with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz connected Thursday.
"A batch of atrocious blood, they're truthful atrocious humor betwixt the two," Trump said. "There's a large hatred betwixt those 2 men, but betwixt the warring parties, large hatred."
Trump added he’d similar to spot bid “start close now,” but said caller escalations, including Ukrainian attacks heavy wrong Russia, complicate the situation.
He besides recalled his relation successful de-escalating tensions betwixt atomic powers India and Pakistan, saying, “I privation we could bash the aforesaid happening with Ukraine and Russia. At immoderate point, it volition happen; I judge that."
Merz agreed the warfare is “terrible,” calling Trump the “key idiosyncratic successful the world” susceptible of ending the bloodshed. However, helium emphasized that Germany “was connected the broadside of Ukraine” and that Kyiv was lone attacking subject targets, not Russian civilians.
“We are trying to get them stronger,” Merz said of Ukraine.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
