WATCH: Trump says first lady wrote letter asking Putin to end war because she loves children

President Donald Trump said Monday that first lady Melania Trump wrote a letter asking Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine because she’s worried about children impacted by fighting.

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“She loves children, and she hates to see something like this happening, and that goes for other wars too. I mean, she sees the heartbreak, the parents, the funerals that you see on television – always funerals. We want to see something other than funerals,” Trump said.

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His comments came during an Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who visited the White House ahead of a larger meeting with European leaders to discuss the war.

Earlier Monday, Trump posted his wife’s letter, in which she said Putin could “singlehandedly restore” the “melodic laughter” of children, to his social media platform.