{"id":1096285,"date":"2021-12-07T20:59:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T01:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1096285"},"modified":"2021-12-07T20:59:17","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T01:59:17","slug":"joe-biden-threatens-russia-with-sanctions-on-nord-stream-2-pipeline-after-scrapping-them-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-threatens-russia-with-sanctions-on-nord-stream-2-pipeline-after-scrapping-them-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden Threatens Russia with Sanctions on Nord Stream 2 Pipeline After Scrapping them in May"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoe-biden-threatens-russia-with-sanctions-on-nord-stream-2-pipeline-after-scrapping-them-in-may%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1096285&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237056794-e1638913229504-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">President Joe Biden threatened Russian President Vladimir Putin with leveling sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline, even after he scrapped them in May.<\/p>\n<p>The White House said Biden warned Putin the United States would deploy \u201cstrong economic measures\u201d if Russia invaded Ukraine.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>After the call, Biden\u2019s national security advisor Jake Sullivan specifically mentioned the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in a briefing with reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Vladimir Putin wants to see gas flow through that pipeline, he may not want to take the risk of invading Ukraine,\u201d Sullivan said, reminding Russia that the pipeline was not complete.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s tone is sharply different from his decision in May to scrap sanctions on the pipeline leveled by former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The president&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/05\/25\/joe-biden-blocking-russias-nord-stream-2-pipeline-would-be-counterproductive-with-europe\/\">described<\/a> the pipeline sanctions as \u201ccounterproductive\u201d in May.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo go ahead and impose sanctions now would, I think, be counterproductive in terms of our European relations,\u201d he said. \u201cThey know how strongly I feel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other European leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/energy\/merkel-defends-us-nord-stream-2-deal-ukraine-cries-foul-2021-07-22\/\">support<\/a> the pipeline, even while Ukrainian leaders oppose it.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans continue warning that Russia bypassing Ukraine to Germany would make them more reliant on Russian President Vladimir Putin and hand him a major geopolitical victory.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) repeated his criticism of Biden\u2019s handling of the pipeline issue on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHistory will remember that as Ukraine faced invasion from Russia, Joe Biden used every last trick in the book to exempt sanctions on Putin\u2019s Nord Stream 2 pipeline,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1468288892025593859\">wrote<\/a> on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden threatened Russian President Vladimir Putin with leveling sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline, even after he scrapped them in May. 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