davel OP , 4 months ago

Newsweek, Sept. 2022: Video of Biden Saying He’d ‘End’ Nord Stream Resurfaces After Pipeline Leak

“Now that Nord Stream has been damaged, Germany will probably have to buy more natural gas from the US at 5x the price,” wrote commentator James Melville.

Speaking to reporters on February 7, Biden said: “If Russia invades, that means tanks or troops crossing the border of Ukraine again, there will no longer be a Nord Stream 2.” “We will bring an end to it,” the president said. A journalist asked Biden how he could do that since Germany was in control of the project, the president replied: “I promise you: We will be able to do it.”

“Any deliberate disruption of European energy infrastructure is utterly unacceptable and will be met with a robust and united response,” Borrell said.

Europe’s “robust” response has been to buy LNG from the US (and also still from Russia) at higher prices.
Bloomberg, Jan. 2024: Gas-Addicted Europe Trades One Energy Risk for Another