![]() would send the Abrams “down the road if you send Leopards now.” So Biden decided that “in the interest of alliance unity and to ensure that Ukraine got what it wanted,” the U.S. But the problem, per Sullivan, was “the Germans told the president that they would not be prepared to send those Leopards into the fight … until the president also agreed to send Abrams.” Speaking to ABC News’ “This Week” program on Sunday, national security adviser JAKE SULLIVAN said that Biden originally decided against sending M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine: “His military told that they would not be useful on the battlefield in this fight.” Biden’s defense aides did say German-made Leopard II tanks would be helpful to Kyiv. The United States and Germany are in a small war of words just days before OLAF SCHOLZ comes to visit President JOE BIDEN at the White House. With help from Gabriel Rinaldi, Paul McLeary and Daniel Lippman ![]() ![]() lawmakers on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos that he wouldn’t authorize the transfers of Leopards until Biden sent the Abrams. The German government is disputing NatSec Daily’s reporting that Olaf Scholz told U.S. ![]()
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