Enough for Obama to call them on it 4 years before that; https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-eu-summit/obama-tells-eu-to-do-more-to-cut-reliance-on-russian-

Enough for Obama to call them on it 4 years before that; https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-eu-summit/obama-tells-eu-to-do-more-to-cut-reliance-on-russian-gas-idUSBREA2P0W220140326 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-eu-summit/obama-tells... And many US Government officials and their proxies have been sounding the alarms for years; https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/interview/senior-obama-official-nord-stream-2-and-brexit-may-weaken-eu-energy-security/ https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/interview/senior-oba... And Biden temporarily waived sanctions on the pipeline as a bargaining chip to help prevent the invasion of Ukraine, they were snapped back once Russia invaded; https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/if-russia-invades-ukraine-there-will-be-no-nord-stream-2-biden-says-2022-02-07/ https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/if-russia-invades-uk... Nobody in American politics thought it was a good idea, because it clearly wasn't, but the allure of dirt-cheap energy was too much to pass up.