Trump Suggests Letting Ukraine And Russia 'Fight For a While' As Merz Urges Cooperation

Trump tells Putin: ‘It might be better to let Russia and Ukraine fight for a while’

Donald Trump said Russia and Ukraine should be left to “fight for a while,” with other nations leaving them to it. Mr Trump compared the war to an ice hockey brawl whilst speaking in the Oval Office with his German counterpart Friedrich Merz on Thursday (5 June). “Sometimes you’re better off letting them fight for a while and then pulling them apart,” Trump told reporters. “You see it in hockey, you see it in sports.” The president revealed he s…

Trump Suggests Letting Ukraine And Russia 'Fight For a While' As Merz Urges Cooperation

US President Donald Trump on June 5 compared Russia's war against Ukraine to children fighting in comments during a visit by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, telling reporters at the White House that “sometimes you're better off letting them fight for a while.”

Trump says it may be better to let Ukraine, Russia ’fight for a while’ as Merz blames Putin for war

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that it might be better to let Ukraine and Russia "fight for a while" before pulling them apart and pursuing peace, even as Germany's new chancellor appealed to him as the "key person in the world" who could halt the bloodshed by pressuring Vladimir Putin.

Trump says it may be better to let Ukraine, Russia 'fight for a while' as Merz blames Putin for war

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that it might be better to let Ukraine and Russia “fight for a while” before pulling them apart and pursuing peace, even as Germany's new chancellor a...

Trump says it may be better to let Ukraine and Russia ‘fight for a while’ – video

The US president, Donald Trump, has said Russia and Ukraine may need to 'fight for a while' to assist efforts to bring peace, likening the two countries to bickering and fighting children. Trump was speaking alongside the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, who was visiting the White House. Trump said: 'Sometimes you're better off letting them fight for a while and then pulling them apart. And I gave that analogy to Putin yesterday'Trump says it …

Trump Says It Might Be Better to Let Ukraine and Russia 'Fight for a While'

In an Oval Office meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Trump likened the war in Ukraine — which Russia invaded in early 2022 — to a fight between two young children who hated each other.