Merz says US in 'strong position' to stop Putin, Trump says 'let them fight for a little while'

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz told President Donald Trump helium is successful a "strong position" to halt Russia’s warfare successful Ukraine, to which the president suggested possibly the satellite needs to "let them combat for a small while."

"America is again successful a precise beardown presumption to bash thing connected this warfare and ending this war," Merz said, portion besides referencing the U.S.’s relation successful ending World War II connected the eve of the day of D-Day, which marked the crook of events that led to the decision of Nazi Germany. "So let's speech astir what we tin bash jointly, and we are acceptable to bash what we can."

Merz called for much unit to beryllium placed connected Russia successful coordination with European allies. 

President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz conscionable successful the Oval Office of the White House connected June 5, 2025. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

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Trump responded by providing an analogy of 2 kids fighting, and suggested possibly it was "too early" to interruption up the combat betwixt Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

"Sometimes you spot 2 young children warring similar brainsick – they hatred each other, and they're warring successful a park, and you effort and propulsion them apart, they don't privation to beryllium pulled," Trump said.  "Sometimes you're amended disconnected letting them combat for a portion and past pulling them apart."

Trump said helium gave that analogy to Putin successful his telephone with him connected Wednesday and said helium told the Kremlin main "maybe you're going to person to support warring and suffering a lot."

Russian President Vladimir Putin astatine the Kremlin successful Moscow connected April 7, 2025. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

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Reporters asked Merz, who has been an ardent protagonist of Ukraine and precocious lifted Germany’s existing onslaught bans, if helium agrees with Trump that "fighting it out" was the mode to proceed. 

"I deliberation we some hold connected this warfare and however unspeakable this warfare is. And we are some looking for ways to halt it precise soon," Merz said. "I told the president earlier we came successful that helium is the cardinal idiosyncratic successful the satellite who tin truly bash that present by putting unit connected Russia, and we volition person this statement aboriginal connected again, however we tin proceed jointly betwixt the Europeans and the Americans. 

European leaders, from left, Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, French President Emmanuel Macron, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz, clasp a telephone speech with President Trump astatine the 6th European Political Community acme connected May 16, 2025, astatine Skanderbeg Square successful Tirana, Albania. (KuglerSteffen/Bundesregierung via Getty Images)

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"I deliberation we are all… having the work to bash thing connected that now, to halt it aft 3 and a fractional years, which is truly terrible," helium added, making it wide without straight contradicting the president that helium did not hold with Trump. 

"We are connected the broadside of Ukraine, and we are trying to get them stronger and stronger conscionable to marque Putin halt this war. This is our approach," Merz added.