Trump says "let them fight for a little while," while Merz claims the US is in a "strong position" to stop Putin.
Trump compared war in Ukraine to children fighting in a park during a meeting with German Chancellor Merz, who emphasized that Trump is "the key person" who can pressure Russia to end the conflict.
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German Prime Minister Friedrich Merz said President Donald Trump was in a "strong position" to stop the Russian war in Ukraine, suggesting that the world "must fight for a while."
"America is in a very strong position to do something in this war again and end this war," Meltz said, referring to America's role when World War II ended on the eve of D-Day's anniversary. "So we're talking about what we can do together and we're ready to do what we can."
Merz called for more pressure to be placed on Russia in coordination with European allies.
Trump responded by providing an analogy of two kids fighting, and suggested perhaps it was "too early" to break up the fight between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
"Sometimes you see two young children fighting like crazy – they hate each other, and they're fighting in a park, and you try and pull them apart, they don't want to be pulled," Trump said. "Sometimes you're better off letting them fight for a while and then pulling them apart."
Trump said he gave that analogy to Putin in his call with him on Wednesday and said he told the Kremlin chief "maybe you're going to have to keep fighting and suffering a lot."
Reporters asked Merz, who has been an ardent supporter of Ukraine and recently lifted Germany’s existing strike bans, if he agrees with Trump that "fighting it out" was the way to proceed.
"I think we both agree on this war and how terrible this war is. And we are both looking for ways to stop it very soon," Merz said. "I told the president before we came in that he is the key person in the world who can really do that now by putting pressure on Russia, and we will have this debate later on again, how we can proceed jointly between the Europeans and the Americans.
"We all have an obligation to do something about it in three and a half years. That's really awful," he added, revealing without contradicting the president that he didn't agree with Trump.
"We are on the side of Ukraine and are trying to make them stronger and stronger just to stop this war. This is our approach," added Merz.
