President Biden on Nord Stream 2 Pipeline if Russia Invades Ukraine: "We will bring an end to it."
Why Hacker News recommends it
Repeatedly cited in Nord Stream sabotage threads as evidence of stated US intent toward the pipeline.
What it is
A C-SPAN clip from a joint press conference with Olaf Scholz in which President Biden says that if Russia invades Ukraine, there will no longer be a Nord Stream 2. Pressed on how, he promises it can be done.
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Cites wsc981 · 2022-07 · on “Nuclear turn green as EU parliament approves new taxonomy”
Germany is just the b*tch of the USA though, that becomes very clear in this press conference. Germany has nothing to say over Nordstream: [this video]
Cites wsc981 · 2022-09 · on “Russia has cut off gas supplies to Europe indefinitely”
Biden won't allow Nord Stream 2 to be opened up though, and it seems he has more control over the pipeline than (the prime minister of) Germany: [this video]
Cites samuell · 2022-09 · on “Three Nord Stream gas pipelines damaged in one day”
Biden himself told they would do it, and "promised they have ways to do it" (from ca 1:20): [this video]
Cites vachina · 2022-09 · on “Gas Leak in the Baltic Sea”
Your president gave a hint roughly 7 months ago. > “there will no longer be a Nord Stream 2"[1] > “We will bring an end to it.”[1] > “I promise you: We will be able to do it."[1] [1] [this video]
Cites SanjayMehta · 2022-09 · on “Gas Leak in the Baltic Sea”
Russia could have just turned off the tap. The sabotage ensures Europe can't back off from the US sanctions now. Wrecks Germany's economy, thereby eliminating a rival. VW et al are already talking about moving production to the US. And Biden promised to take care of NS 2 back in February itself. [this video]
Cites infinitezest · 2022-10 · on “Vladimir Putin says the world’s energy infrastructure is at risk”
Here's a CSPAN video from 8 months ago of Biden telling a reporter that if Russia invades Ukraine the US will "put and end to" the nord stream pipeline. [this video]
Cites arthurcolle · 2022-10 · on “Russia says UK navy blew up Nord Stream, London denies involvement”
I have felt that it was definitely the US... I mean President Biden literally said on Feb 7, 2022 that "We will bring an end to it [Nord Stream 2] if Russia invades Ukraine" - [this video] It seems wild to me that this isn't brought up more. Russia could totally have done it, but I mean blowing up a pipeline that took a long fucking time to build, at your cost, seems pretty irrational unless to just be a show of force against the EU.
Cites houstonn · 2022-11 · on “Nord Stream leaks confirmed as sabotage, Sweden says”
President Biden on Nord Stream 2 Pipeline if Russia Invades Ukraine: "We will bring an end to it." When asked how he will do that. "We will, uh, I promise you we will be able to do it". [this video]