Started way before Trump. President Bush43 told them it is not wise to build the first Nord Stream.
Something tricky about the Germans. I believe they actually want to do good, but their elite drives it into foolishness like “you do good if you project the gay rainbow flag on the Iranian embassy”.
They can do good now by turning the thermostat down by 3.6F and wearing a sweater. 50 bcm gas (a third of what they buy from Russia) would be saved a year this way. I for one hope that they’ll do it and support it even if it means it must turn into a virtue signaling competition with pretty girl posting their sweater pictures to Instagram.
I made a mistake in my math. For that yield they need to turn the thermostat down by 7.2F, but that calculation is if only Germany does it.
The requirement gets smaller when other countries do it too.
You’re right, it started way before Trump. Hell, Reagan was warning them against building a pipeline from Russia. That said, they were at their most stupid making themselves the most dependent ever by shutting down their coal and nuclear power plants and building another big pipeline from Russia when Trump was trying to urge them to pull their heads out of their asses the last few years.
As is oh so typical for them they acted smug and thought themselves so much smarter than everybody else. Then…….