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Trump: Germany 'Totally Controlled By Russia'

Trump: Germany 'Totally Controlled By Russia'

Associated Press
0 HN recommenders · discussed 2022–2023
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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.

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Cited in energy-crisis threads as evidence that Germany's dependence on Russian energy was flagged years before 2022.

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ibeckermayer · 2022-07 · reference

Related content "Trump: Germany 'Totally Controlled By Russia'" [VIDEO] German bureaucrats laugh at Trump after he says the country could become totally dependent on Russian energy: [LINK]

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TrispusAttucks · 2022-08 · reference

Yep. They've been warned about this danger for years. Germany 'Totally Controlled By Russia' (2018) [VIDEO]

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hn_throwaway_99 · 2023-09 · reference

I'm definitely no fan of Trump, but if you separate the messenger from the message here, he's actually totally correct here: [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.

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