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German Who Laughed at Trump at UN Won’t Comment on President’s Warning Coming True
The Epoch Times. ^ | September 1, 2022 | Nathan Worcester

Posted on 09/09/2022 8:37:29 AM PDT by george76

One of the German diplomats who snickered when then-President Donald Trump said Germany would “become totally dependent on Russian energy” didn’t respond to a question on whether his views have changed as rising energy costs amidst the war in Ukraine seem to prove Trump right.

Trump made the remarks during a speech to the United Nations General Assembly in Sept. 2018.

Trump said during the same speech: “Reliance on a single foreign supplier can leave a nation vulnerable to extortion and intimidation.”

At the time, Germany and the United States disagreed strongly about the construction of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline to Germany.

Germany maintained that the project was strictly commercial, while American officials worried Russia could use a new pipeline to place geopolitical pressure on Europe.

Now, four years later, the clip has resurfaced on social media.

To many who heard it again, Trump’s warning sounds prophetic.

Driving Up Energy Prices..

Sanctions on Russia after it invaded Ukraine have helped drive up the price of energy around the world, inflicting some of the greatest pain on Germany. Before the war broke out, over half of the country’s natural gas came from Russia.

German energy prices exceeded $1,000 per megawatt-hour for the first time on Aug. 29, following months of rising prices for households and businesses alike.

In mid-August, the German government introduced a new natural gas tax—2.4 cents per kilowatt hour—on consumers to go into effect in October as temperatures fall and demand rises with the approach of winter.

Chancellor Olof Scholz also announced plans to decrease the value-added tax on natural gas to 7 percent from 19 percent.

Nord Stream 2 was effectively canceled following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

In July, Gazprom paused the operation of Nord Stream 2’s predecessor, Nord Stream 1, for maintenance.

That Russian state-owned company has continued turning down the spigot of gas to Europe. In recent weeks, it has cut the volume in Nord Stream 1 to just 20 percent of its capacity.

The pipeline was temporarily shut down for maintenance again on Aug. 31.

Maas’s Curious Non-Response Back in September 2018, one member of the German delegation was described as not only laughing but also “shaking his head in disbelief” at Trump’s comment.

That skeptic was Heiko Maas, a member of the left-wing Social Democratic Party of Germany.

At the time, Maas was serving as the country’s foreign minister under then-prime minister Angela Merkel.

He left that role in 2021 and is now a member of the Bundestag.

Maas’s 2018 speech at that U.N. General Assembly did not explicitly address Trump’s comments.

He did, however, criticize climate action “based solely on nationalism, with the objective of ‘putting my country first’”—an apparent jab at Trump’s America First agenda.

Maas later told reporters that Trump’s claim regarding the pipeline “does not correspond to reality,” saying that “Germany is not dependent on Russia, especially not on energy issues.”

The Epoch Times reached out to Maas to see if he had reevaluated Trump’s comments.

In an Aug. 31 email, a spokesperson for Maas said that the politician “will not comment on foreign policy issues.”


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Germany; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: energy; eussr; fourthreich; gas; gaspipeline; germany; keinerdgasfursie; naturalgas; nonatgasforyou; nordstream; nordstream1; nordstream2; pipeline; pipelines; russia; russianenergy
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1 posted on 09/09/2022 8:37:29 AM PDT by george76
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The Epoch Times reached out to Maas to see if he had reevaluated Trump’s comments. In an Aug. 31 email, a spokesperson for Maas said that the politician “will not comment on foreign policy issues.”

It's fun to rub people's noses in their stupidity.

2 posted on 09/09/2022 8:39:44 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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buwahahahahahahaha

winter is coming, and they did nazi it as so cold.


3 posted on 09/09/2022 8:40:34 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: george76

Maas gave up his gym membership and has been seen chopping and gathering wood. He doesn’t share with others.


4 posted on 09/09/2022 8:40:47 AM PDT by allendale
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To: 1Old Pro

Ridicule them like crazy until they apologize.


5 posted on 09/09/2022 8:41:53 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: george76

Well it proves one thing one thing Herr Maas. It proves that you wealthy college boys don’t have the education enough to admit when you’re wrong.


6 posted on 09/09/2022 8:42:48 AM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: teeman8r
winter is coming, and they did nazi it as so cold.

"Wilkommen in meiner Welt!"

7 posted on 09/09/2022 8:43:15 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: george76

Home of Hitler! Come visit!


8 posted on 09/09/2022 8:44:24 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: 1Old Pro
It's fun to rub people's noses in their stupidity.

The dude is a 1st class A hole.

9 posted on 09/09/2022 8:44:29 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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To: george76

Being on the Left means never having to admit you were wrong.


10 posted on 09/09/2022 8:45:46 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: 1Old Pro; dfwgator
September 18 forecast for Munich, Germany:

high of 59 degrees,
low of 43 degrees

11 posted on 09/09/2022 8:46:26 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Jeff Chandler
"Being on the Left means never having to admit you were wrong."

This foul individual likely blames Mr. Trump for giving the ruskys the idea.

12 posted on 09/09/2022 8:56:15 AM PDT by chief lee runamok (Expect Nothing)
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To: george76
Mr.Bean Told Ya So! Meme by Josael281999 on DeviantArt
13 posted on 09/09/2022 8:56:36 AM PDT by Brown Bag Special (Trust but VERIFY)
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To: george76

https://youtu.be/eKEycjREgPE?t=8


14 posted on 09/09/2022 8:59:41 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: kiryandil

“September 18 forecast for Munich, Germany:
high of 59 degrees,
low of 43 degrees”

Celsius?


15 posted on 09/09/2022 8:59:47 AM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: george76

Remove the top globalists, confiscate their wealth and put them in prison or execute them and all of this world economic turmoil will stop.


16 posted on 09/09/2022 9:01:43 AM PDT by drypowder
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To: george76

Trump iz zo dumb, und ve are zo smart.


17 posted on 09/09/2022 9:02:07 AM PDT by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: Clutch Martin
Celsius?

They wish...

18 posted on 09/09/2022 9:05:05 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Clutch Martin

Kelvin.


19 posted on 09/09/2022 9:06:44 AM PDT by decal (They won't stop, so they'll have to be stopped)
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh

I see what you did there.
We’re going to need a bigger pipeline


20 posted on 09/09/2022 9:12:51 AM PDT by calljack (Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
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