{"id":162249,"date":"2021-02-22T22:53:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T03:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=162249"},"modified":"2021-02-22T22:58:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T03:58:55","slug":"russias-enemies-critics-blast-biden-for-not-halting-russian-pipeline-like-trump-did-caved-to-russias-demands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russias-enemies-critics-blast-biden-for-not-halting-russian-pipeline-like-trump-did-caved-to-russias-demands\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia\u2019s Enemies, Critics Blast Biden For Not Halting Russian Pipeline Like Trump Did: \u2018Caved To Russia\u2019s Demands\u2019"},"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\">34<\/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%2Frussias-enemies-critics-blast-biden-for-not-halting-russian-pipeline-like-trump-did-caved-to-russias-demands%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=162249&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\/02\/Biden-19-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Russia\u2019s top enemies are slamming Democrat President Joe Biden for appearing to be weak against Russia, specifically when it comes to trying to stop a major pipeline to Europe that Russia is working on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussia\u2019s adversaries in central and Eastern Europe are worried President Biden isn\u2019t willing to fight hard to stop the Russia-Germany gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 \u2014 one of Vladimir Putin\u2019s core priorities,\u201d Axios <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/biden-putin-russia-nord-stream-pipeline-842f5dc5-eb35-42ee-b2e2-6ce7fbb11f74.html\">reported<\/a>. \u201cThe completion of Nord Stream 2 would be a huge geopolitical win for Putin and give him substantial new leverage in Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Axios\u2019 report notes that completion of the pipeline would help Russia further isolate Ukraine, a struggling democracy, which it has cut off from its natural gas supply. Russia\u2019s natural gas currently has to go through Ukraine to get to Europe but completing the Nord Stream 2 pipeline\u2014which is now 90% complete\u2014would allow Russia to pump gas straight into Germany.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ukrainians are a bit disappointed that President Biden did not commit during the Munich [Security] Conference to use every tool in his power to stop Nord Stream 2,\u201d a source close to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Axios. \u201cBut it is not too late for the U.S. to take decisive action, and the Ukrainians are hopeful the Biden administration will do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Axios said that America\u2019s allies throughout Europe want Biden \u201cto make clear he\u2019s willing to do whatever it takes to stop the pipeline from being completed,\u201d including being willing to sanction \u201cthe entire construction fleet\u201d and German companies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump even leveled trade threats at Merkel as part of his hardline tactics to stop Nord Stream 2,\u201d Axios reported. \u201cConstruction on Nord Stream 2 halted during the Trump presidency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Russia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/russian-led-nord-stream-2-pipeline-resumes-construction-in-europe-after-halting-under-trump-report\">resumed construction<\/a> of the pipeline only a couple weeks into the Biden administration, which comes after Biden canceled the Keystone XL Pipeline, costing Americans thousands of jobs during the middle of a pandemic in which many are suffering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the second time in the first thirty days of his presidency, President Biden has bent a knee to Russia,\u201d House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said in a statement to The Daily Wire. \u201cEarlier this month his administration announced the five-year extension of the New START treaty \u2013 exactly what Putin had been asking the United States for months. The President made no attempt to update this Cold War-era agreement, and failed to bring China to the negotiating table, even as the CCP continues to grow their own nuclear capabilities. Now, President Biden has once again caved to Russia\u2019s demands by stepping aside and allowing the construction of a corrupt pipeline to continue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Biden Administration announced on Friday that it would not implement any new sanctions on entities involved in the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, as required by law that was supported by Republicans and Democrats alike in Congress,\u201d McCarthy continued. \u201cThis gives Russia a green light to build a pipeline that endangers the ability of Ukraine to stand up to Russian bullying and gives one of our adversaries more control of the natural gas flow in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t need to hypothesize what Russia would do with this power,\u201d McCarthy said. \u201cAt least twice in the past two decades, without justification, Russia completely cut off natural gas deliveries to Ukraine. We must be a check on Russia\u2019s oppressive tactics, not give it even more ability to blackmail Europe through energy resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy also mentioned Biden\u2019s canceling of the Keystone XL Pipeline, which hurt American workers and has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-faces-backlash-across-country-for-canceling-keystone-xl-pipeline\">slammed<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/unions-wanted-biden-now-theyre-blasting-him-over-killing-keystone-xl\">unions<\/a> and top <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/top-union-leader-slams-bidens-job-killing-order-cost-us-jobs-needs-to-consider-future-of-country\">union leaders<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s worse, is that the first thing President Biden did as Commander-in-Chief was halt production of one of our own American pipelines \u2013 destroying thousands of jobs in the process and making our country more reliant on foreign energy \u2013 but he gives the okay for Russia to move forward with the construction of its corrupt pipeline,\u201d McCarthy said. \u201cThis is just another example of the Biden Admin\u2019s \u2018America Last\u2019 approach, and it sends Ukraine the message that the United States is neglecting their serious concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia\u2019s top enemies are slamming Democrat President Joe Biden for appearing to be weak against Russia, specifically when it comes to trying to stop a major pipeline to Europe that &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274000,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Biden-19-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Russia\u2019s Enemies, Critics Blast Biden For Not Halting Russian Pipeline Like Trump Did: \u2018Caved To Russia\u2019s Demands\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Biden-19-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Russia\u2019s Enemies, Critics Blast Biden For Not Halting Russian Pipeline Like Trump Did: \u2018Caved To Russia\u2019s Demands\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}