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Trump Was Right About Europe’s Dangerous Dependence On Russian Energy
The Federalist ^ | 07/22/2022 | Jordan Boyd

Posted on 07/22/2022 8:30:47 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 07/22/2022 8:30:47 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Yep; just as Reagan was, 30 years prior. But, typically, the Euros didn’t listen.


2 posted on 07/22/2022 8:32:52 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Кчерту Путина, Kчерту Россию)
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To: SeekAndFind

Yep, and if they don’t drive Russia out of Ukraine and Crimea, Russia will have increasing leverage over Europe.

That’s why it’s absolutely critical they drive Russia out. THey need Ukraine oil and gas competing against Russia.


3 posted on 07/22/2022 8:35:00 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: SeekAndFind

Wonder if the German officials at the UN are still laughing about what Trump said.

https://rumble.com/vvqgrq-german-un-delegation-laughed-at-trump-when-he-warned-them-of-reliance-on-ru.html


4 posted on 07/22/2022 8:35:23 PM PDT by jetvol1
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Not only didn’t listen but laughed at and ridiculed him - and our own press and pundits and Democrats did the same - relentlessly.


5 posted on 07/22/2022 8:38:20 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: SeekAndFind

Germany is a WOKE disaster area.

And, a powder keg, with the fuse waiting to be lit.


6 posted on 07/22/2022 8:43:08 PM PDT by BrexitBen
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To: SeekAndFind

Imagine that, Trump was right. AGAIN!


7 posted on 07/22/2022 8:50:14 PM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: Huskrrrr

“Imagine that, Trump was right. AGAIN!”

Go figure right..AGAIN!!!!


8 posted on 07/22/2022 8:53:00 PM PDT by jetvol1
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“Yep, and if they don’t drive Russia out of Ukraine and Crimea.......”

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Who is going to do that? Who is “they”? At what point is Ukraine going to demand U.S. boots on the ground? I’ve heard the rumbling already of demands for U.S. troops being sent to fight in Ukraine. When did that country become a part of NATO? Are we going to send our military into another long war with no specific goal, and regulations that limit them as to engagement with the “enemy”? Who will be designated as the enemy? Russian military troops or Ukrainians who are on the Russians side in the conflict?

Are we going to once again send young men from our country to die on behalf of the military complex leaders whose rules of engagement make it impossible to actually win and with no end date for the “conflict”?

I think Biden has stirred up a hornet’s next and the U.S. is going to end up being stung in the a$$.


9 posted on 07/22/2022 8:56:32 PM PDT by CFW
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Right now “They” is Ukrainians with the help of western weapons.

And unfortunately Moscow Joe is slow walking aid. He’s only delivered 8 million of the $40 million congress authorized. NATO has been too slow with weapon support. They are only now getting Ukraine superior artillery needed to stop Russia’s advance. And they are only now thinking of providing fighter jets.

But if Ukraine fails to push Russia back, then it is in NATO’s best interest to get involved directly.


10 posted on 07/22/2022 9:04:55 PM PDT by DannyTN
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Billion, not million. One billion is one thousand times one million. One billion is such a large number that the word “billion” sounds too small.


11 posted on 07/22/2022 9:21:01 PM PDT by Freee-dame
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To: Freee-dame

Right

We’ve delivered 8 billion of $40 billion authorized. Maybe if Congress authorized $500 billion, Biden would have stepped it up a little and provided at least $10 billion by now.

Those numbers are cheap compared to what it will cost if we actually have to go in.

And consider that just one LPN facility alone in Ukraine that Russia seized was valued at $29 billion. And now Russia controls Europe’s largest Nuclear reactor. I wonder what that is valued at.

Europe will pay higher oil and gas prices and higher grain prices to Russia for decades if Ukraine loses this war. The stakes are much much higher than any paltry $40 billion.


12 posted on 07/22/2022 9:37:56 PM PDT by DannyTN
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"Yep, and if they don’t drive Russia out of Ukraine and Crimea, Russia will have increasing leverage over Europe. That’s why it’s absolutely critical they drive Russia out. THey need Ukraine oil and gas competing against Russia."

The EU is falling apart. We are not far behind. This Ukraine scam will go down in history as the biggest suicide pact in history.

14 posted on 07/22/2022 9:55:00 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (Fill your lamps!)
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“How DARE you refuse us gas just because we are fighting a war against you !


15 posted on 07/22/2022 9:55:56 PM PDT by A strike (LGBFJRoberts)
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To: Republican Wildcat

The problem is Trump was assuming they could get it from us. Trump’s advice doesn’t hold water today. Today Russia is a more stable supplier than the US. Hey, Russia had no problem selling to them. The dolts in Brussels refuse to take the gas. Apparently they’d rather freeze. Stupid euro weenies are almost as self destructive as DC is.


16 posted on 07/22/2022 10:35:53 PM PDT by hardspunned (former GOP globalist stooge)
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It’s a double whammy of stupidity from both sides of the pond.


17 posted on 07/22/2022 10:56:35 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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Bet Germany is pining for some mean tweets about now


18 posted on 07/22/2022 11:03:14 PM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: SeekAndFind; All
Yup. How many times have Trump’s predictions been wrong? He’s quite remarkable and I’d like to see him finish what he started in draining the swamp and finishing the Wall.

As VP, DeSantis can study Trump methodology of hard hitting tactics, navigating DC and international affairs. Then on to the corner office for DeSantis in 2029.

19 posted on 07/22/2022 11:19:33 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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Merkel Jeckel, the other crow of Jeckel and Jeckel


20 posted on 07/23/2022 1:40:22 AM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security in hates:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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