Biden has been accused of sharing a military secret during an interview with CNN.
When discussing the supposed necessity of giving Ukraine cluster munitions, Biden said, “This is a war relating to munitions, and they’re running out of that ammunition, and we’re low on it.”
Conservatives then accused Biden of sharing military secrets, with U.S. podcast host Steve Guest tweeting, “Joe Biden broadcasts to the world that the US is low on 155mm shells. Does President Biden not care that our adversaries in communist China are listening?”
Former US Senate staffer Logan Dobson similarly stated, “Love when the president of America goes on CNN to tell everyone we’re low on ammo.”
Senator J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) said the comment was a “stunning admission from Biden, something I’ve been warning about for over a year.”
The senator noted that Biden “says the Ukrainians are running low on 155mm artillery shells, and so are we. The Ukraine war is a massive drain on our national security.”
Reporting from RT:
An unidentified White House official contradicted Biden’s claim, telling Fox News that military aid to Ukraine had not strained US ammunition supplies. “The military has specific requirements for the numbers of weapons systems and ammunition we maintain in our reserves in case of contingencies or military conflict. Everything we send to Ukraine is in excess of that, so the US is not running out of ammunition ourselves.”
