Stories on HN have to be in English, and English-language German sources (like DW) are just quoting Die Welt. You seem to have missed the detail that the German government confirmed the veracity of the quotes attributed to sources within it.

According to the article, the German government would only confirm the accuracy of the quotes attributed to its spokespersons:

> the German health ministry would only confirm the accuracy of the quotes attributed to one of its spokespersons in the article

The health ministry did not confirm the anonymous claim that “Trump was doing everything to secure a vaccine against the coronavirus for the US, ‘but for the US only’.” Spokespersons, by definition, do not speak anonymously.

I hope this clears things up for you.

Yes, that's what I said, and no additional clarification from you is required. You may find the following updates to be of interest, including confirmation from the german interior minister:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-german...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/germany-coronavi...

But the German government has not denied anything stated by their officials in the story.