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0 pointstjwebbnorfolk8d ago0 comments

I think one could argue that he tried this "the easy way" in his first term. He vented against Nord Stream with NATO, he vented against the regulations and the energy dependence and closing the nuke reactors. But he didn't actually do anything about it.

The difference now is that he's turning the screws and putting the pressure on. Call this "the hard way". I can understand why EU leaders do not like this one bit. But also, they had their chance...

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mrtksn8d ago

The Nord Stream is epic but he didn't argue for independence, he is arguing for US-dependence instead of Russia-dependence so this isn't flying as well as Americans believe it is because that was actually German issue, not EU wide thing at all. EU wide policy was renewables and as it turns out they are the right direction for independence.

In general, local governments are very unpopular in EU and Europe, everyone likes EU more than they like their governments.

tjwebbnorfolkOP6d ago

He's been yelling at the UK to tap the North Sea fields forever, and for Germany not to mothball their nuke reactors. How is that adding dependence on the US?

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mrtksn8d ago

In general, local governments are very unpopular in EU and Europe, everyone likes EU more than they like their governments.

tjwebbnorfolkOP6d ago

He's been yelling at the UK to tap the North Sea fields forever, and for Germany not to mothball their nuke reactors. How is that adding dependence on the US?

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