WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump gave no indication that Russia and Ukraine were any closer to notching a deal to end the war while sitting down with Germany’s new leader — a key backer of Kyiv — in the Oval Office on Thursday.

The visit from Chancellor Friedrich Merz, in which the war in Ukraine, along with tariffs and trade, was set to be top ofmind, took place just a day after Trump held a more than one-hour-long phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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President Donald Trump gave no indication that Russia and Ukraine were any closer to notching a deal to end the war while sitting down with Germany’s new leader – a key backer of Kyiv – in the Oval Office on Thursday

The visit from Chancellor Friedrich Merz, in which the war in Ukraine along with

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