Sanctioning a Swiss pipeline company for building a pipeline that Russia, Germany & other European nations want is what John McCain wanted.
It weakens US influence in the world.
It looks like McCain and Trump are/were on the same page to me. Its affect on the sacred petrodollar is what is worrisome to the protectors of the fragile dollar bill.
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"Germany, backed by France and Austria, has billed the project led by Russia's Gazprom as a way to ensure stable and lower-cost energy.
US lawmakers led by the late senator John McCain passed legislation opening the path to sanctions against investors in the pipeline, although the ultimate decision lies with President Donald Trump."
https://www.france24.com/en/20181117-us-promises-ukraine-fight-russian-pipeline-germany
“” “” Sanctioning a Swiss pipeline company for building a pipeline that Russia, Germany & other European nations want is what John McCain wanted.
It weakens US influence in the world.”” “”
Bingo. First it was Iraq, South Africa, Iran and and nobody cared. Now it is Russia, China, Germany, France, Switzerland and literally everyone doing anything someone in Congress for some reason doesn’t like. And the reasons are more often a cover for vested interests than not.
Just think for how long US would last not only as a superpower but as any relevant entity once the rest of the World would ditch US-based monetary instruments for international trade?
In ten more years of such policies the most pressing issue for UN would be to curb the flow of refugees from US and securing American WMD.