The Europeans have no live with Russia. We don’t.
Germans are grateful to Russia for consenting to reunification of their country.
Any US sanctions are DOA. The US has no authority to order the EU to enforce US laws.
Then again, America is not a potential Russian gas customer but a commercial rival.
And this measure is aimed at protecting US commercial interests.
I have no objection against legit economic rivalry but US gas producers need to compete using legit methods. Right now they don’t have capacity to supply US with natural gas much less Europe. And everything they have to offer is at least 50% more expensive and the offer is miniscule.
They build LNG infrastructure in Europe and US but don’t have the gas to sell in reasonable volume and for reasonable price. It is in fact Russian companies who are using this infrastructure now to deliver LNG both to US and Europe on top of pipeline deliveries.
That’s some nice monkey business there.