Speaking from the Oval Office, where he held talks last night with French leader Emmanuel Macron, Mr Trump said: “I think the war could end soon — within weeks, if we’re smart.
President Trump also declined to call Vladimir Putin a “dictator” despite referring to heroic Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky as such last week.
Merz, speaking as Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate was illuminated in the colours of Ukraine’s flag, warned that Nato could crumble by June if President Trump undermines the defence pact.
As the UK unveiled its biggest package of sanctions on Russia since the war began, the Labour chief said: “We must keep dialling up the economic pressure to get Putin to a point where he is ready not just to talk, but to make concessions.”.
Ex-chancellor Jeremy Hunt said cuts to adult welfare would allow Sir Keir Starmer to commit this week to a rise of more than three per cent.
