Joe Biden was warned that waiving sanctions on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline would threaten security in Europe.
His own State Department warned him, eight EU countries in Eastern Europe warned him, the European Parliament warned him when they voted overwhelmingly to block work on the pipeline, and the Ukrainian parliament warned him when they backed a resolution calling on U.S. lawmakers to override Biden’s decision to waive sanctions.
In fact, it’s a warning Biden gave himself not too long ago.
In 2016, Biden said of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline: “I know it will fundamentally destabilize Ukraine.”
In 2016, Biden said Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline “will fundamentally DESTABILIZE Ukraine.”
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 24, 2022
Biden waived sanctions on the pipeline last year. pic.twitter.com/jdXQUvYamz
But as president, Biden ignored his own advice and handed Putin a major geopolitical win by waiving sanctions on his pipeline, claiming that imposing sanctions did not “make any sense” and was “counterproductive.”
Biden calls sanctions on Russian pipeline Nord Stream 2 “counterproductive”
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 25, 2021
...No word on Keystone XL after he canceled the project, eliminating 11,000 jobs pic.twitter.com/Svw5k2D3lo
Sen. Ted Cruz and Republicans in the Senate tried to remedy Biden’s horrible judgment by reinstating sanctions, but Democrats effectively filibustered to stop him.
Biden was warned, and he waived sanctions anyway. And that’s a mistake no number of hashtags and Spotify playlists from the Biden administration can fix.
