Merz in Trump: extra stress on Russia is required to finish the battle | EUROtoday

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The United States are in a really robust place to finish the battle between Ukraine and Russia “, but to achieve this result you need a” stronger stress “on Moscow. In the same oval study where the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, was publicly humiliated only a few months ago, yesterday the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, appealed to Donald Trump, because he puts all his weight in the conflict solution. President Trump, Merz underlined, “is the important thing determine” to put an end to the bloodbath.

Pressure on Moscow

War in Ukraine, born and duties were at the center of Merz’s agenda, in his face to face with Trump in Washington, prepared with extreme care in Berlin. In the meeting in front of the press, a good part of the journalists’ questions, however, concerned the topics of American internal politics, in particular the breakdown of Elon Musk with the White House and the latest accusations to Joe Biden. And Trump obviously did not escape, taking inspiration for long pulled, in defense of his work. And leaving the truth of little space for the guest.

In response to the invitation of Merz, to exercise greater pressure on Moscow, Trump said he asked Putin not to react to the recent striking attacks scored by Kyiv. “I stated to Putin: do not do it, it’s best to cease,” said Trump, who then admitted the difficulty of finding mediation, for “the hatred between Putin and Zelensky” and among their countries.

The simplistic intentions of getting to peace has been blended, Trump said that it may be necessary to leave Ukrainian and Russia “combat for some time, as you do when two children do it, earlier than separating them”. The US president said that Putin may have to “endure a little bit extra” and said he was also ready to decide sanctions against both countries. “We will likely be very exhausting, whether or not it’s Russia or anybody else.”

“My private opinion – stated Merz – is obvious that we’re on the aspect of Ukraine and we are attempting to make it stronger and stronger, simply to push Putin to cease this battle”. And once more: «We are all on the lookout for measures and instruments to finish this horrible battle. So let’s speak about what we are able to do collectively ».