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Related: About this forumWATCH: Ukraine, Russia should 'fight for a while' before 'pulling them apart,' Trump says - PBS NewsHour
During a meeting with Germanys chancellor in the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump suggested Ukraine and Russia should fight for a while before getting peace talks back on track.
Trump noted an analogy he used during his recent phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin to describe Ukraine and Russia: 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. Sometimes, you're better off letting them fight for a while and then pulling them apart.
Trump called the ongoing war, which started after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, a bloodbath and said there's a great hatred between Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Ukraines leader has accepted a ceasefire proposal offered by the U.S. and said he would meet with Putin to attempt to break a stalemate in negotiations between the two warring countries. Putin has not indicated that he will meet with Zelenskyy.
For his part, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that we are looking for more pressure on Russia to end the war in Ukraine. - Aired on 06/05/2025.
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WATCH: Ukraine, Russia should 'fight for a while' before 'pulling them apart,' Trump says - PBS NewsHour (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
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"Sometimes, you see two young children fighting like crazy. They hate each other, and they're fighting in a park."
Dave Bowman
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That clueless remark leads to me to believe he didn't spend much time with his own kids
Rhiannon12866
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Dave Bowman
(5,295 posts)1. "Sometimes, you see two young children fighting like crazy. They hate each other, and they're fighting in a park."
"Sometimes, you're better off letting them fight for a while and then pulling them apart."
Father of the year! 🤢
Rhiannon12866
(235,905 posts)2. That clueless remark leads to me to believe he didn't spend much time with his own kids
And in the meantime, innocent Ukranian civilians are dying.
Dave Bowman
(5,295 posts)3. He's despicable.

Rhiannon12866
(235,905 posts)4. Agreed. He has no compassion for other human beings, even children.
