The German pipeline deal. Here are my thoughts. If the deal had worked out, it would have given Germany control over the rest of the e.u.. With Trump and Putin working together supplying energy to the e.u., it takes control away from the e.u. As a central supplier, and would allow countries to purchase energy from more vendors essentially allowing each country to become its own nation state again. We will see… Also note that the e.u. countries were not abiding by the sanctions being placed on Iran and that is coming to an end.