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Trump at NATO summit: 'Germany is totally controlled by Russia'
CNBC ^ | July 11, 2018 | Sam Meredith, Natasha Turak

Posted on 07/11/2018 1:44:10 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege

“Germany is totally controlled by Russia … They will be getting between 60 and 70 percent of their energy from Russia and a new pipeline, and you tell me if that is appropriate because I think its not,” Trump said.

The U.S. president was speaking at a press conference in front of NATO representatives ahead of a two-day summit.

The Trump administration’s policies indicate it views security and trade as intimately linked. And when it comes to the trade balance, no ally will be spared.

Speaking in Brussels, Belgium on the first leg of his European trip, the U.S. president said a flurry of oil and gas deals had given Moscow far too much influence over the continent’s largest economy.

In particular, he singled out the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project as being especially "inappropriate."

“I think it is a very bad thing for NATO and I don’t think it should have happened and I think we have to talk to Germany about it. On top of that, Germany is just paying a little bit over 1 percent (on defense) … And I think that is inappropriate also,” he added. 'An attack on Germany and Russia'

Trump has long criticized Berlin and other NATO allies for “freeriding” on Washington’s defense capabilities. Currently only five of NATO’s 29 member states actually allocate the 2 percent of their gross domestic product (GDP) to military spending that they are formally committed to as part of the alliance. Those five are the U.S., the U.K., Greece, Estonia and Poland.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Germany; Russia
KEYWORDS: angelamerkel; energy; estonia; europe; europeanunion; gas; germany; greece; hydrocarbons; methane; military; nato; natosummit; nordstream2; oil; opec; pipeline; poland; russia; summit; trumpnato; unitedkingdom; wheresberlinfreeper
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1 posted on 07/11/2018 1:44:10 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/11/trump-slams-germany-at-nato-summit-says-its-a-captive-of-russia.html


2 posted on 07/11/2018 1:44:57 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

They didn’t see this one coming.


3 posted on 07/11/2018 1:45:58 AM PDT by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

May we tell the Arabs to f&@/ off yet ???


4 posted on 07/11/2018 1:49:06 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (..There is no difference between liberals/rinos/moslems/illegals/lamestream media ...)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

They decommissioned their nuclear power plants after Fukushima as well, which didn’t help their energy independence, made them much more dependent on Russian natural gas.


5 posted on 07/11/2018 1:51:42 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster

I’m feelin what you layin down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8lT1o0sDwI


6 posted on 07/11/2018 2:00:05 AM PDT by 1_Inch_Group (Country Before Party)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

He’s only saying that to throw Mueller off the trail.


7 posted on 07/11/2018 2:00:41 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

mulluer, ya found your head yet ?? Oh yer head is up two butts. I’ll get back to ya after ya clean up from eating. Oh ya aren’t going to clean up ??? Somebody please turn the fire hose on him afterward, please. He smell of hitlery and Obama


8 posted on 07/11/2018 2:10:07 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (..There is no difference between liberals/rinos/moslems/illegals/lamestream media ...)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Trump speaking @ NATO summit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9__Hql_z2Q


9 posted on 07/11/2018 2:16:14 AM PDT by Paul R.
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Germany and Russia are buds.........if you think otherwise....you’re fooling yourself.


10 posted on 07/11/2018 2:16:19 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

If Germany (etc.) & Saudi Arabia (etc.) had any sense they’d cooperate on getting a large tanker fleet built and end-run Russia, Syria, Iran, etc. Expensive, yes, but it’d be a lot cheaper than all this warfare they’ve caused...


11 posted on 07/11/2018 2:20:57 AM PDT by Paul R.
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To: abb

Trump has taken so much stuff from the Globalists about being a Russian run man so I can understand why he would like to send Globalist Merkel a message.

DJT made friends with the Saudis last year, Russia’s energy competitors so I think this was coming sooner or later.


12 posted on 07/11/2018 2:33:26 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODYS BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Sacajaweau

“Buds” in the sense that a pusher and a junkie can be “buds”...


13 posted on 07/11/2018 2:36:40 AM PDT by Paul R.
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To: Nextrush

I watched the comments. Absolute common sense logic on Trump’s part.

“We pay to defend you from somebody that you’re in an energy business deal with? I don’t think so.”


14 posted on 07/11/2018 2:37:14 AM PDT by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

What Trump said has been true for some time.

Everyone paying attention could tell former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder was in the pocket of the Russians and no one should have been shocked when as soon as he stepped down, he took a position with the Russian gas company Gazprom.


15 posted on 07/11/2018 2:39:47 AM PDT by Meet the New Boss
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Love our President Trump!!!

Throwin’ heat! Speaking truth to our ‘allies’.


16 posted on 07/11/2018 2:40:21 AM PDT by TheStickman (#MAGA all day every day!)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

The East German Shitlerey is a disgrace ...


17 posted on 07/11/2018 3:02:14 AM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Enjoy the SUCK! , 'Rats ..)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Don’t forget that Germany has also committed billions of dollars and thousands of acres to photovoltaic solar cells.

Uh...

Germany is often cloudy, and it’s on the same latitude as south-central Canada!


18 posted on 07/11/2018 3:04:28 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: no-to-illegals

I think Trump is busy sending that message to the globalist Euroweenies right now.


19 posted on 07/11/2018 3:25:12 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Nothing new under the sun: Reagan had very similar problems with West-Germany and the rest of the US allies in western Europe:

https://mobile.nytimes.com/1982/02/26/world/reagan-to-weigh-soviet-gas-pipeline-issue-today.html

https://mobile.nytimes.com/1982/05/30/business/a-soviet-project-tempts-europe.html


20 posted on 07/11/2018 3:28:35 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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