Posted on 09/14/2018 12:08:05 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
President Donald Trump publicly rebuked German Chancellor Angela Merkel on July 11 for Germany’s decision to buy a massive amount of gas from Russia. “I think it’s very sad,” he said.
"Germany is totally controlled by Russia,” he later said, “I think it’s a very bad thing for nato and I don’t think it should have happened.”
Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 are key components of Putin’s plan to tighten his grip on nations in Eastern Europe that used to be part of the Soviet Empire. Since these pipelines travel directly from Russia to Germany, they enable Putin to shut off gas supplies to nations in Eastern Europe—Ukraine, Poland—and the Baltic nations while keeping supplies flowing to Germany.
This is why Eastern Europe tried to prevent Russia and Germany from building the first Nord Stream pipeline.
What does Germany stand to gain? Well, once Russian gas flows through the Baltic Sea pipeline and into Germany, much of it can be shipped to France, the Netherlands, Belgium and other West European nations. This puts Germany in a position of power relative to Western Europe very similar to that of Russia with Eastern Europe!
The late Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s prime minister from 1979 to 1990, warned in 1995 about Germany’s ambitions with the EU, saying: “You have not anchored Germany to Europe. You have anchored Europe to a newly dominant, unified Germany.
History shows that in between wars, Germany and Russia often work together. Most infamously, just before World War ii, the two made a deal in which Adolf Hitler’s Germany basically said to Joseph Stalin’s Russia: Stay out of it, Russia, and we will take over Europe. Then the two of us can split up Poland and other countries between ourselves...
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alternate sources of supply for Germany are...?
Merkel would rather buy the LNG from the Russians than from Trump’s buddy Carl Icahn
I see.
Well, Merkel has been selling Germany out anyway (to the Islamic invasion)
so selling Germany’s independence and industrial capacity out to Russia....should enable her to get a second huge payoff
Trump and his people are teaching the world how to hate America.
Merkel knows that all the American Muslim haters hate her
Trump and his people are teaching the world how to hate America.
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As long as I see you unhinged, I’ll know Trump is doing good. Enjoy your permanent state of “unhingement”.
your note makes zero sense here, sorry
imho, the “world” as you put it (that’s a big place!) needs to respect America at least enough to agree to decently fair trading standards that allow American citizens to have jobs, etc.
each situation is a bit different so its difficult to talk about “the world” but....starting with communist China is excellent of the administration, imho, since our prior admins have gotten us into a deep deep hole there
then, we will see....
You should worry about people who publish books about Trump, or the House Speaker who contradicted Trump, or the retired Admiral who belittled trump
Or the low polling numbers.
To quote Alfred E Newman....”What, me worry?”
Yes because poll numbers are always our first concern here at FR...
Frau Merkel will someday be remembered by patriotic Germans in much the same manner as Benedict Arnold is remembered by patriotic Americans.
Merkel and Russia, ahhhh the good ol’ days.
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