Trump: Germany 'Totally Controlled By Russia'

Associated Press0 HN recommenders · 2022–2023
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An AP clip from the July 2018 NATO breakfast in Brussels in which Donald Trump says a gas pipeline leaves Germany totally controlled by and captive to Russia.

Cited in energy-crisis threads as evidence that Germany's dependence on Russian energy was flagged years before 2022.

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@ibeckermayer2022 · in “Looming natural gas shortages has the EU scrambling for solutions”

Related content "Trump: Germany 'Totally Controlled By Russia'" [VIDEO] German bureaucrats laugh at Trump after he says the country could become totally dependent on Russian energy: [LINK]

@TrispusAttucks2022 · in “How Bad Europe’s Energy Crisis Is”

Yep. They've been warned about this danger for years. Germany 'Totally Controlled By Russia' (2018) [VIDEO]

@hn_throwaway_992023 · in “Germany went from envy of the world to worst-performing major developed economy”

I'm definitely no fan of Trump, but if you separate the messenger from the message here, he's actually totally correct here: [VIDEO] Cheap Russian energy was the drug that Germany got hooked on. Every viewer of after-school specials knows you shouldn't get hooked on the drug dealer's freebies.