Washington, June 5 (EFE).- United States President Donald Trump warned on Thursday of the possibility of imposing “very tough” sanctions against both Russia and Ukraine if the war between the two countries does not end.
“We’re going to be very tough, whether it’s Russia or anybody else, we’re going to be very tough, that’s a bloodbath that’s going on over there,” said Trump in the Oval Office during a meeting with the German chancellor Friedrich Merz.
“There’s some bad blood between the two. I have to deal with it and the chancellor has to deal with it, it’s incredible [as] … there’s a great hatred between those two, between those two men, but between the warring parties, great hatred,” he added.
Trump recalled that, during his conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, he likened the conflict to a fight between children.
“Sometimes you’re better off letting them fight for a while and then pulling them apart,” Mr Trump said.
During the meeting, Merz emphasized ’s for Ukraine, pointing out that Kyiv was only attacking military targets, not Russian civilians.
The US president asked if he would continue to Ukraine. He responded: “Yeah, I’m with Ukraine.”
Merz also insisted that he was “not friends” with Putin and questioned former German-Russian relations. He cited the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, championed by former Chancellor Angela Merkel (2005–2021), as an example.
“I used to go with Angela and say, “Well, wait a minute, we’re spending all this money to defend you against Russia, and then you’re giving Russia billions of dollars a month. What kind of a deal is that?” he said. EFE mgr/mcd
