{"id":398573,"date":"2021-05-20T15:44:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T19:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=398573"},"modified":"2021-05-21T17:30:56","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T21:30:56","slug":"rush-told-you-trump-was-tougher-on-russia-biden-green-lights-putin-merkel-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2021\/05\/20\/rush-told-you-trump-was-tougher-on-russia-biden-green-lights-putin-merkel-pipeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Rush Told You Trump Was Tougher on Russia! Biden Green Lights Putin-Merkel Pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"

BRETT: I\u2019m old enough to remember when Russia and Vladimir Putin were the biggest villains in the universe. Oh, wait. That was merely a number of months ago, when President Trump was the president of the United States, and it\u2019s all we heard 24\/7, 365 on the cable channels, reading on the blogs, reading the editorial pages of major newspapers and the fictionalized accounts of leaks coming from fictionalized intelligence agencies.<\/p>\n

On the front pages of the newspapers, we knew that Vladimir Putin was absolutely the devil. He was the worst human being in the history of humankind. That\u2019s what you got from CNN and MSNBC and all those newspapers I alluded to. But if I told you after President Trump left office and in came President Joseph Robinette Biden, Joseph R. Biden…<\/p>\n

\"\"What if I told you that it\u2019s starting to look a lot like Joseph R. Biden is the softest president on Russia and Vladimir Putin maybe ever? It all goes back to Nord Stream 2, that Russian pipeline into Europe ultimately heading into Germany, that President Trump vehemently opposed in talking with Angela Merkel.<\/p>\n

He said it was idiotic, strategically dangerous to rely on Vladimir Putin and the Russians for your energy coming into Eastern Europe. Well, well, hold on. President Trump was derided, excoriated, mocked, hated for that commentary — and he was. We remember that conversation. We heard all about the president.<\/p>\n

“Look what he does! He bullies the Europeans. He\u2019s a Putin stooge.” He was trying to save the Europeans from Putin. In fact, in fact, Joe Biden has been the most pliable, bestie best friend that Vladimir Putin could have. Just this week alone… Remember at the beginning of the week when you had the Colonial Pipeline shutdown and he let Russia off the hook?<\/p>\n

He said, “Well, these are hackers that may be based in Russia, but I don\u2019t think the Russians had anything to do with these hackers.” Of course, \u2019cause Vladimir Putin has areas of Russia with hackers living in them that have no answerability to Vladimir Putin. Okay, sure thing!<\/p>\n

Now we find out that President Biden is reversing course on the pipeline that President Trump opposed. Daily Caller: “Trump Spent Years Sabotaging Putin\u2019s Nord Stream 2 Dreams. Now Biden Is Helping Them Come True — Finishing Nord Stream 2 would be a major geopolitical win for Russian President Vladimir Putin, as Russian gas must flow through Ukraine to get to Germany as things stand now. Nord Stream 2 would allow Russia to bypass Ukraine to get gas to Europe, further isolating its neighboring foe in Kyiv.<\/p>\n

“In the context of Russia\u2019s aggression toward Ukraine and European reliance on Russian gas, the pipeline is widely deemed to be a security risk and a means for Russia to increase its leverage on European countries.” If the Europeans are dependent upon Putin\u2019s energy, then they\u2019re gonna be a lot more like those when it comes to Putin trying to cleave them off in the United States and an alliance.<\/p>\n

“Former President Donald Trump approved sanctions to deter its completion, citing these concerns. Notably, Trump — not President Joe Biden — is often characterized as being on Russia\u2019s side.” In fact, Rush spoke about this: Trump calling out Merkel\u2019s pipeline act with Russia.<\/a><\/p>\n

RUSH: The Nord Stream pipeline. This is the special pipeline direct to Germany from Russia, a deal made between Putin and Angela Merkel. Trump called \u2019em out on it today. This pipeline strikes at the heart of NATO unity. We didn\u2019t have anything to do with it. This is Angela Merkel sabotaging other NATO nations by making a straight deal with Putin while every other pipeline goes through all the European nations.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This pipeline gets, for now, \u2019cause Putin controls the price, it gets cheap Russian gas to Germany and bypasses all of the smaller eastern European nations, and this gives Russia incredible leverage over Merkel! It allows Russia to pressure them while Germany is held harmless. It\u2019s bad policy for NATO countries, and Trump has the guts to call \u2019em out on this! Here is another bite from Trump on essentially the point I just made. Here it is…<\/p>\n

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Germany is totally controlled by Russia because they were getting from 60 to 70% of their energy from Russia and their new pipeline, and you tell me if that\u2019s appropriate, because I think it\u2019s not. And I think it\u2019s a very bad thing for NATO, and I don\u2019t think it should have happened, and I think we have to talk to Germany about it.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, all hell broke loose at that point. You just don\u2019t call out other nations like this. You wink and nod. You look the other way. You talk to \u2019em about it behind closed doors, and then you go out and tell everybody, “We\u2019ve had substantive discussions with Chancellor Merkel over the pipeline, and we\u2019re working behind the scenes to alleviate,” when none of that ever happens! It\u2019s just a bunch of diplo-speak everybody engages in.<\/p>\n

Here is Trump confronting her and the rest of NATO about it. So the media\u2019s gonna fact-check this. “Is Trump really right? Is Germany gonna the bet 70% of its gas from Russia?” He\u2019s right-on-the-button right. U.K. Daily Mail: “Donald Trump RIGHT — Germany imports 70% of its gas from Russia in a controversial deal that\u2019s enriched Merkel, Germany will soon receive even MORE, but the U.S. could step….” See, Trump wants to sell natural gas to NATO. We have become one of the largest energy exporters in the world.<\/p>\n

Trump thinks it would make much more sense for Germany to get natural gas from an ally than a potential enemy, but Merkel\u2019s gone around everybody\u2019s back and made her own sweet deal that she\u2019s personally profiting from. Other people have looked into this, and “it turns out Trump is right on the button about the level of Russian imports expected by Germany from this Nord Stream 2 pipeline. The BBC has also confirmed that Trump\u2019s estimation is pretty much in line with what the analysts expectations are.<\/p>\n

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