President Donald Trump said on Thursday that may be better to allow Ukraine and Russia to fight for a time “before distinguishing them from pursuing peace.
At Oval and German office meeting Merz, Trump likened the war to Ukraine – which Russia was attacked at 2022 – civilization among two children hate.
“Sometimes you’re better to let them fight for a while and drag them,” says Trump. He added that he transferred the comparison to the President of Russia Vladimir Putin in their telephone conversation on Wednesday.
Asked by Trump’s Comments as two leaders live near each other, Merz emphasized that both Hu and Trump agreed to “this war and how they accused the world’s” most important “
Merz also emphasized that Germany was “on the side of Ukraine” and that Kyiv threatened only military principles, not Russian citizens.
“We try to strengthen them,” said Merz talking about Ukraine.
Thursday’s meeting is the first time the two leaders sat down in person. After a pleasure – Merz offered a birth certificate with the President of the US Friedrich Grump Golden Certificate, who was to discuss problems such as Ukraine, trading and NATO were financing.
Trump and Memz spoke several times by phone, because the members of Memz’s leaders said the two facilitators began to form a trump relationship with one of him, Angela Merkel, headed for the president of the President Trump.
Merz aged 69 years old – who arrived at the office of a broad business origin – a post-saving competitor who took his team after taking their team retirement.
The white house official said the topics that Trump could increase by Merz incorporating German investment, trading, Ukraine, and what is called the speech in Germany and the country should restart. The officer spoke about an unknown situation for discussion.
However, Merz told reporters on Thursday morning that if Trump wanted to speak home-based German politics, he was ready to do so but he emphasized that the United States came to American politics.
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Merz hurled himself to Ukraine in Ukraine, visiting Kiluzi and other European leaders after replacing the position of Zelenskyy in Berlin last week. He thanked Trump for his conditional support while rejecting the “Reporting Peace” or “termination” of Ukraine and to promote a lot of sanctions against Russia.
The first call since Merz became Chancele, Trump said that he would support German efforts and other European countries to fulfill peace, according to the government of the German government. Merz said last month that “so important that in the western political parties did not allow the division, so I will continue to make all the great unity between European and American partners.”
Under Merz Schelser, Olaf Scholz, Germany was the second military service supplier in Ukraine after the United States. Merz has sworn that you will be able to accompany support and last week that will help Ukraine to develop its long-term impending programs.
In his words on Thursday, Trump still left the organization of the organizations in the table. He said the sanctions could be placed both Ukraine and Russia.
“When I see the moment where she will not stop … we’ll be very difficult,” Trump said.
At home, Memz’s government strengthens the drive to strengthen German troops after Russia has introduced its full attack of Ukraine. During Trump’s first, Berlin was a lack of failure to meet the current NATO Target for using the Defense Product, and Trump now wants to 5 percent from patrio.
The White House official said the coming Netthi Netherlands later this month was a ‘good chance’ of Germany to commit themselves to achieve each of the five percent.
Scholz sets up a hundred thousand Euro (US $ 115 billion) for the German armed power – called Bundwehr – a problem with age. Germany met 2 percent of thanks to the Fund, but will be used by 2027.
Merz said that “the government will be giving all fundehr funding that requires the most common army in Europe.” He has shown their partner program that intends to spend 3.5 percent of GDP in their 2032 financial budgets, and 1.5 percent of the defense related to the Infrastructure.
Another important thing in Merz is to find a German economy, the biggest, travel and after decrease in the past two years. He wants to make “Locomutive for growth,” but Trump tax threats are an obstacle that is a barrier to which they are expressed. Currently, the economy predicts the focus of 2025.
Germany posted assets worth US $ 160 billion by US last year, according to Census Bureau. That was US $ 85 billion additionally the US sent to Germany, a trade in the trade that Trump wants to clear.
“Germany is one of the largest investor in the United States,” Merz told reporters on Thursday morning. “Only a few countries have invested over German income in the USA. We are in the third place by following the money directly.”
The US President followed on the back of the German Auto Sector, including major types such as Audi, BMW, Mercedes Benz, Porsche and Volkswagen. The Americans buy the US $ 36 billion and auto parts from Germany last year, and the Germans bought $ 10.2 Billion of vehicles and US vehicles
Trump prices are 25 percent of the autos and parts designed specifically to increase the US hope costs, whether most South Carolina and South America companies in Alabama and South Carolina.
There is only so much merz that can reach his views that tax prices “have enriched anyone” while in Washington, as trading discussions are the European Union Commission. Trump has recently been delayed 50 percent taxes in stores from the European Union, which was to work alternative this month.
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That name is often used to explain the refusal of the Germany’s familiar teams working with Far-right Germany, the second elections and now is the greatest opposition party.
Merz criticized ideas. He told the Ard Television last month that it is not a place of US wicked “to say something in us in Germany; I will not do in America, or.”
–Moulson reported in Berlin. The Associated Press Press Josh Boak writer in Washington contributed to this report.
