Top Economist Draws Controversy After Arguing Biden Admin Destroyed Nord Stream Pipelines

Columbia University economist Jeffrey Sachs suggested that the United States may be responsible for destroying part of the Nord Stream pipelines last week, triggering a Bloomberg TV host to interject.

Sachs floated the idea that the Russian natural gas-carrying line was hit by the United States or one of its allies and not Russia. He argued that the United States would benefit from the destruction of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines because it would force Europe to not cave and return to using Russian natural gas amid the ongoing Ukraine war.

The Nord Stream 1 pipeline delivered billions of cubic feet of gas from Russia to Germany over the years. The Nord Stream 2, meanwhile, was not yet operational but had methane inside.

No nation-state or group has claimed ownership for the alleged sabotage attack. Both the United States and Russia have denied claims they were involved, and the source for the explosions last week is still not clear.

“A lot of the world is watching these events in horror,” Sachs told Bloomberg. “They view this as a horrible clash between Russia and the U.S. They don’t see this, as we do in the media, as an unprovoked attack by Russia on Ukraine.”

He added that “most of the world doesn‘t see it the way we describe it. Most of the world is just terrified right now, frankly.”

Going a step further, Sachs—the head of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University—asserted: “I would bet (the explosion) was a U.S. action, perhaps U.S. and Poland.” The Bloomberg host, Tom Keene, then quickly interjected and asked Sachs to provide details.

A gas leak from Nord stream 1 in the Swedish economic zone in the Baltic Sea in this picture taken from the Swedish Coast Guard aircraft on Sept. 28, 2022.