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I don’t believe it. Part of the deal is that EU has to buy certain amounts of LNG and weapons from the US. That sounds like a win for the US, but the EU wanted

I don’t believe it. Part of the deal is that EU has to buy certain amounts of LNG and weapons from the US. That sounds like a win for the US, but the EU wanted to secure this anyway, to build up defence, send equipment to Ukraine, and reduce dependence on Russian gas.

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coliveira 1y ago
Their priorities were already incorrect since the beginning. Trump only doubled down on that.
romanovcode 1y ago
> EU wanted to secure this anyway Sure, that's why Germany was building NordStream-2. EU secretly just wants to buy Russian gas because it's cheap and easy. I guarantee ~5 years after the war is over new deals will be made in place to start pumping gas from the biggest gas station in the world which is right next to EU.
- bilekas 1y ago
  > EU secretly just wants to buy Russian gas because it's cheap and easy. It's no secret, reliable cheap source of the most important resource on the planet right now is essential for any economy today. What do you expect us to do? Please enlighten me. Buy from ships for much higher prices because the US doesn't like Russia ? There's a war on now and we are reducing our dependency greatly, did we get complacent, absolutely. Are we working towards getting away from it, absolutely. Your attitude is just negative for negatives sake.
- moi2388 1y ago
  No, back then the EU still thought trade with Russia was the best course for peace. They wanted their cheap oil and gas. Then the war started and nordstream got blown up, so now the EU looks to other sources of LNG. Meaning they require this from the US, so securing this is a win.