What makes Biden think Ursula von der Leyen is fit to run Nato?

Steerpike hates to brag, but you heard it here first. The Telegraph is now reporting that Joe Biden, having glock-blocked Britain’s Ben Wallace as Secretary General of Nato, is now pushing for the German Ursula von der Leyen. What makes Ursula qualified to lead the defence of the West?  Well, she was German Defence Minister between 2013 and 2019 and what a marvellous job she did …

In 2015, German troops were so ill-equipped that they had to use broomsticks instead of machine guns for a Nato exercise. It also emerged that German rifles wouldn’t shoot straight in temperatures above 30°C. Boom!

By 2019, the Bundeswehr’s ammunition stocks were reportedly so low that they would run out after two or three days of fighting. Bang!

The same year, German soldiers used mobile phones on another exercise because the didn’t have encrypted communication devices. Thanks in part to Ursula’s leadership, Bundeswehr soldiers still lack modern radios, night-vision equipment, body armour, radio-integrated helmets, combat boots and even thermal underwear and water-proof clothing.