President Biden s brusque refusal to fulfill Ukraine s request for F-16 jets has been greeted with skepticism at the Pentagon, where some officials, citing the administration s pattern of reversal after first rejecting other pleas from Kyiv, foresee eventual approval or a scenario where American allies provide the aircraft with administration approval.
The conjecture among U.S. defense officials follows the commander in chief’s one-word response on Monday when a reporter asked outside the White House if he would send F-16s to Ukraine. “No,” Biden replied.