For days, Germany's Scholz was derided as a ditherer. In the end, he delivered one of the boldest moves by the West in support of Ukraine.
Chancellor orchestrated a larger-than-expected tank donation for Ukraine but his reputation suffered in the process
The intense political negotiations over sending U.S.-made Abrams and German-made Leopards to Ukraine briefly threatened the unity of the NATO alliance. WSJ’s Shelby Holliday looks at what went down and the challenges ahead for the U.S. and its allies. Illustration: David FangBERLIN—For days, he was derided by allies as a ditherer.
Publicly, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz resisted calls from Ukraine and elsewhere to authorize the delivery of German-made Leopard tanks, which are ubiquitous in North Atlantic Treaty Organization armies but need Berlin’s approval to be exported.
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