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There were a couple actions Trump did during his presidency that directly hurt Putin, namely the sanctions on Nord Stream 2 that caused Allseas to drop out of t
by mannerheim 4y ago
There were a couple actions Trump did during his presidency that directly hurt Putin, namely the sanctions on Nord Stream 2 that caused Allseas to drop out of the project and delaying the completion of the pipeline for some time. The EU was quite upset by this.
He also criticised Europeans for not meeting NATO defence obligations, although whether he would have been fine with them just increasing their expenditures or if this was just a rhetorical point to find support for leaving NATO is perhaps only known to him.
- miguelazo 4y agoOn these points I agree with you! The idea that Trump was a Russian asset is laughable given his own actions in office, not to mention many of his appointments. He certainly admired Putin, but that's due to his own psychology rather than any supposed dirt they had on him.
- mannerheim 4y agoYou still haven't told me who owns Nord Stream AG.
- miguelazo 4y agoIt's a consortium. Majority owned by Gazprom. Still doesn't support the notion that the Kremlin was coordinating or even funding some elaborate misinformation campaign against nuclear. Private companies always lobby in their own interests-- worst of all in the US where this sort of corruption is legalized and highly lucrative.
- mannerheim 4y agoGazprom, a 'private company'?