I 2019 var Trump var enig med Trump:
“President Trump has said the 1,225km (760-mile) pipeline, owned by Russia’s Gazprom, could turn Germany into a “hostage of Russia””
Merkel var enig Stoltenberg:
“Earlier this week German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was “opposed to extraterritorial sanctions” against the Nord Stream 2 project”
Tyske utenriksministeren var enig med Stoltenberg, med samme argumentasjon som Stoltenberg
"German foreign minister Heiko Maas struck a more combative tone, saying the sanctions amounted to “interference in autonomous decisions taken in Europe”.
Og den russiske utenriskmimisteren brukte samme argumentasjon som Stoltenberg
“Russia’s foreign ministry also strongly opposed the move, with ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accusing Washington of promoting an “ideology” that hinders global competition.”
Heldigvis kom Biden i 2021 Stoltenberg, Merkel m.fl til unnsetning, opphevet sanksjonene innført av Trump-administrasjonen:
" The Biden administration has waived sanctions on a company building a controversial gas pipeline between Russia and Germany."
Og da ble alle glad:
“Earlier Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said reports of the impending US sanctions waiver were “a positive signal”.”
“And Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted by the state-run Tass news agency as welcoming “a chance for a gradual transition toward the normalisation of our bilateral ties”.”
“German officials also welcomed the sanctions waiver as “a constructive step” from the Biden administration.”
"Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told reporters: “It’s an expression of the fact that Germany is an important partner for the US, one that it can count on in the future.”
Alle var fornøyd med Joe Bidens uterikspolitiske eskapader, vel med noen uvesentlige unntak da.
"But Yuriy Vitrenko, the chief executive of Ukraine’s state-owned energy company, Naftogaz, said Kyiv would press Washington to impose sanctions to stop the pipeline.
Mr Vitrenko said Nord Stream was Russia’s most “dangerous geopolitical project”.