
Associated Press
3 HN mentions · mentioned in 3 months, 2022–2023
1:35 · 102K views · Jul 11, 2018
An AP clip from the July 2018 NATO breakfast in Brussels in which Donald Trump says a gas pipeline leaves Germany totally controlled by and captive to Russia.
Cited in energy-crisis threads as evidence that Germany's dependence on Russian energy was flagged years before 2022.
3 comments from Hacker News
I'm definitely no fan of Trump, but if you separate the messenger from the message here, he's actually totally correct here: this video Cheap Russian energy was the drug that Germany got hooked on. Every viewer of after-school specials knows you shouldn't get hooked on the drug dealer's freebies.
Related content "Trump: Germany 'Totally Controlled By Russia'" this video German bureaucrats laugh at Trump after he says the country could become totally dependent on Russian energy: [LINK]
Yep. They've been warned about this danger for years. Germany 'Totally Controlled By Russia' (2018) this video