Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said that it's in the world's interest for a cease-fire to be negotiated in Ukraine.
DeSantis made the comments during a wide-ranging interview with Nikkei Asia on Tuesday while the Florida governor is in Japan on an international trade mission.
In the interview, DeSantis warned that an extended war is possible in Ukraine.
"You don't want to end up in like a [Battle of] Verdun situation, where you just have mass casualties, mass expense and end up with a stalemate," DeSantis said. "It's in everybody's interest to try to get to a place where we can have a cease-fire."
Over 700,000 people either were killed or hurt during the 302-day Battle of Verdun during World War I.
DeSantis also called out Europe, and Germany in particular, for allegedly not doing enough to help Ukraine.
