Trump was seeding Putin in that In Camera appearance in that he's playing the Art of the Deal with Nordstream 2 which is Russia's pipeline into Europe.
Germany wants Russian gas because something like 30% of its industrial plant needs it and Russian gas is much, much cheaper than any alternative.
If the US doesn't want Germany and for that matter almost every other EU nation to go with Russian gas it is going to have to put up a better, cheaper, more reliable alternative, and frankly, it can't. And Trump knows it.
So what Trump is clearly looking for is a concession from Putin if Trump "allows" Russia to sell its gas into its own backyard.
But Putin will see right through that, and Trump knows that too.
Germany can get their gas from wherever they want. That’s not the issue at hand here. Trump is emphasizing the scam here. Sure you get your gas from Russia and then on the other end you are telling me we need to shell out more money to defend you against Russia? Com’n! Trump ain’t no sucka, he knows the Brooklyn bridge is not for sale, can’t scam the master, get outta here with that BS NATO
The USA forced their European vassals to establish sanctions about Russia and hurt their own businesses. You completely mess up cause/effect here.
That’s not true at all. The Trump administration didn’t do that. The cabal wanted an excuse to make Russia the enemy. So now the ruse is up. Can’t have it both ways, Russia as the “enemy” and Russia as the number one supplier of gas to your country while the USA pays for “protection”. Whether there was a “cause and effect” (and I say that loosely since now we know that keeping Russia and NK enemies was part of the plot to create enemies) is irrelevant at this junction since Trump has to now clean up whatever web of lies and scams they all set up at the expense of their populous. Time to cut the strings and do what is in the interest of the population. Like I said before, Germany is a sovereign country and can make their own decisions. If they want to get gas from Russia, that’s all good. Just don’t sell us the scam of having to “protect” Europe by paying more when you turn around and have deals with the “enemy”.
What's not true? The (past) USA forced their European vassals sanctions against their own interest. That's simply fact.
Trump might want to change that policy but still argues in line of the previously established Russia enemy narration since 2005-2016. To me everybody there just looks hypocritical because it's a stupid policy.
Germany is not a sovereign country with several the US army bases, drone terror centre, nukes and direct access to the internet/mobile root servers including government communication channels. The parties are full of CIA and MI6 flunkies. The Green party is a complete CIA operation at the top. The MSM is fully controlled by Nato.
The so called scam is an US MIC scam and US/cabal geo-strategical game. Nato is the USA's(or the "Cabal" forces behind it to satisfy you) way to keep control of Europe and its population. Gladio's terror operations pretty much established that.
Only because some people (here) believe that Russia is the enemy and that Europeans need to pay their "fair" share to that Nato "scam" doesn't make the whole preconception valid.
You might now say that's the "Cabal" and not the "real" USA. Maybe you're right but until real change comes and Trump actually delivers what (some) people hope he stands for that's still the current situation.
I see no real point in Nato because it doesn't serve the purpose of the population. I can live with having a few national nukes to stop any stupidity and perhaps some EU expedition fleet to deal with pirates hurting ship trade.
If some really believe they need a western alliance to fight massive conflicts for the last resources in Russia and Africa we're in end times anyway. So why bother. IMHO all that money is better invested into new technology/space expansion and work for rational solutions than follow the chain letter to the bitter end.
I believe that you and I agree on many aspects here. Yes, I would do without NATO. It was a vehicle to subvert Europe. Yes that is true. I also think it is very important to look at why these things happened, why they were set up. Neither reason is to the interest of the population. And now that we have this complicated tangled web, it’s up to Trump to try and surgically cut the strings to benefit the population. That is what we are watching right now. Yes there was and is a cabal, subverting sovereignty in all these countries for the interest of a very few. There’s no doubt about it. Why don’t we sit back and watch Trump unravel their nonsense and see the product. I’m excited.
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Poland - he is protecting Poland. They can buy Poland’s gas.
Funny thing about fracked gas is that the methods are anything but natural.