Donald Trump: U.S. Will Compete with Russia’s Gas Pipeline to Germany

breitbart ^ | Michelle Moons

[davikkm]

The United States, the top oil and gas seller, will compete with Russia’s gas pipeline to Germany, according to President Donald Trump, who addressed his previously expressed concern about the Nord Stream II pipeline during Monday’s joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin. A reporter asked President Trump during the press conference held in Helsinki, Finland, to convey what he discussed with President Putin about the pipeline during the meetings they had concluded just prior to the press conference.

“We will be competing, when you talk about the pipeline,” said Trump, who added, “I’m not sure necessarily that it’s in the best interest of Germany or not, but that was a decision that they made.”

Trump made strong statements to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a first meeting of the NATO summit last week during breakfast. He raised the conflict between NATO allies spending money to defend against Russia while Germany has paid Russia great sums for the Nord Stream II gas pipeline and now partially relies on Russia as an energy source.

“It is very sad when Germany makes a massive oil and gas deal with Russia, where we’re supposed to be guarding against Russia, and Germany goes and pays out billions and billions of dollars a year to Russia,” Trump said to Stoltenberg at the breakfast meeting.

Trump also met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during the NATO summit, confirming that the two spoke about his concerns about the pipeline. In joint comments with Merkel after their meeting, they both spoke of a good relationship between the two nations.

[silverleaf]

Look it’s a matter of geography, not politics.
Germany is importing a million muslims, and needs to import energy to keep growing ( their own bad choices to abandon domestic energy production)

So look at where its going to come from.

TransAtlantic shipping to North Sea ports
Pipelines through Ukraine that steals Russian gas and doesn’t pay its bills
Direct from Russian gas fields through a pair of high capacity undersea pipelines through international or friendly watersc

[jospehm20]

No, the new pipeline is there so that Russia can cut off other countries without cutting off their German butt buddies. Germany, being Germany, could not care less if other countries are cut off as long as they are supplied. Germany has always been that way. The only time they ever cared about other countries is when they were eyeing them for Lebensraum.

[GingisK]

Yeah. Pipe it across the Atlantic, or over the North Pole?

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