US president casts doubt on peace efforts as German chancellor urges him to increase pressure on Moscow

In the course of a meeting with the German chancellor, the US leader said he regularly discussed issues related to the Ukraine crisis with Friedrich Merz

Trump told German Chancellor Friedrich Merz that Russia and Ukraine were fighting like children in a park and might not want to be pulled apart yet.

Trump made the comments Thursday as Germany's chancellor implored him to use his position to stop the bloodshed by pressuring Vladimir Putin.

US president casts doubt on peace efforts as German chancellor urges him to increase pressure on Moscow

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…