White House chaos? US defense secretary unilaterally halts military aid to Ukraine, Trump orders immediate resumption
Recently, the United States suddenly announced the suspension of military aid to Ukraine, and then resumed it. CNN exposed the reason for this situation: US Defense Secretary Hagel, without notifying the White House, unilaterally suspended the transportation of weapons to Ukraine; as a result, the US government had to explain this situation to Congress and Ukraine. After learning about this news, Trump immediately ordered the resumption of partial military aid to Ukraine.
Oriental commentary: This news report seems more like an attempt to find a scapegoat for Trump. The people most loyal to Trump are Vance and Hagel. Previously, the Trump administration had repeatedly considered halting military aid to Ukraine in order to accelerate the end of the war.
However, halting military aid to Ukraine would carry a lot of criticism, and Trump obviously did not want to bear that blame. At this time, his loyal supporter Hagel came forward to "unilaterally" suspend the military aid to Ukraine. Then Trump came out to play the "good cop" by resuming partial military aid to Ukraine. The two of them played a good cop-bad cop routine, with Hagel taking the blame and Trump gaining likes.
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