Merz has been pushing Trump to up pressure on Moscow to ends its war in Ukraine (Iryna Rybakova) · Iryna Rybakova/Press service of the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces/AFP German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday backed the aims of the US-Israeli war on Iran but called for its early end, voicing fear for the global economy, as he visited the White Hosue.