With Schulz's truly strange behavior in stalling support for Ukraine, and involvement in the Wirecard and cum-ex scandals, I truly wonder if there might be some kompromat hanging over Scholz's head around this.
Also compared to the US, Germany has given about 60 billion total aid (including the EU share + refugee cost) if I calculate it correctly, while the US has given 75 billion. So it gives much more per GDP.
https://twitter.com/Jay_Bibo_Mario/status/172166701009283103...
I don't know if that assignment has been confirmed by any other source, but we do know that the visits have happened. They are even documented in radio archives. According to present day public broadcasting journalists, those actually happen to be the oldest known public recordings of Scholz.