{"id":2993,"date":"2024-10-18T01:20:56","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T01:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/germans-laughed-at-trump-for-warning-about-dependence-on-russian-energy-now-theyre-in-a-gas-crisis\/"},"modified":"2024-10-18T01:20:56","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T01:20:56","slug":"germans-laughed-at-trump-for-warning-about-dependence-on-russian-energy-now-theyre-in-a-gas-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/es\/germans-laughed-at-trump-for-warning-about-dependence-on-russian-energy-now-theyre-in-a-gas-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Germans Laughed at Trump for Warning About Dependence on Russian Energy. Now They&#8217;re in a Gas Crisis."},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<p>In a 2018 speech at the United Nations General Assembly, President Trump tried to warn Germany about depending on Russia for too much of its energy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/><\/strong>\u201cGermany will become totally dependent on Russian energy if it does not immediately change course,\u201d Trump said about a pipeline being built. \u201cHere in the Western Hemisphere, we are committed to maintaining our independence from the encroachment of expansionist foreign powers.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To that, the German delegation laughed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"508\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FfJv9QYrlwg\" title=\"Germany Reacts to Trump's UNGA Speech\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the 45<sup>th<\/sup> president continued warning them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at it, Germany is a captive of Russia,\u201d the then-president later said ahead of a NATO meeting in Brussels. \u201cThey got rid of their coal plants, they got rid of their nuclear, they\u2019re getting so much of their oil and gas from Russia. I think it is something NATO has to look at. It is very inappropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fast-forward to today\u2019s headlines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEurope faces an emergency this winter as the continent sees further cutoff of Russian gas, RBC&#8217;s commodities chief says,&#8221; reports <a href=\"https:\/\/markets.businessinsider.com\/news\/commodities\/european-energy-emergency-winter-russia-natural-gas-cutoff-helima-croft-2022-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Markets Insider<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGermany declares gas crisis as Russia cuts supplies to Europe,&#8221; states <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/06\/23\/energy\/germany-russia-gas-alarm\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;\u2018We are in a gas crisis.\u2019 Germany raises emergency level,&#8221; a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/06\/23\/business\/germany-russia-gas-emergency.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times<\/a> headline reads. &#8220;Germany\u2019s economy minister triggered the second stage of a contingency plan a week after Russia cut back on gas to Europe, sending prices soaring and raising fears of shortages.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re probably not laughing anymore.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Indeed, the German delegation&#8217;s reaction was priceless.<\/p>\n<p>Still laughing about &#8220;Trump&#8217;s &#8216;outrageous&#8217; claims&#8221; now? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tjGXIV8tUq\">https:\/\/t.co\/tjGXIV8tUq<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Niteangel (@I_am_Niteangel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/I_am_Niteangel\/status\/1538898225985253377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<h4>Recommended<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>German delegation at UN laughed at him<\/p>\n<p>Our left-wing media joined in<\/p>\n<p>On social media, leftists endlessly mocked Trump, even added funny music<\/p>\n<p>But <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TrumpWasRight?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#TrumpWasRight<\/a> about NATO, about EU, about China, about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Trade?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Trade<\/a>, about\u2026 well, most everything:<\/p>\n<p>(part 1)<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WEQjhTIlde\">pic.twitter.com\/WEQjhTIlde<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Ultra ???? Alex ? (@AlexChecked) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexChecked\/status\/1539736592503525378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Time for an update?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cernovich (@Cernovich) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cernovich\/status\/1513946398248497153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Remember this? His &#8220;outrageous claims&#8221; turned out to be 100% accurate.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;priceless reaction&#8221; of the German ???? delegation should be played over and over again, as they have started using coal (purchased from Russia) out of desperation. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GUUwfjfVwU\">https:\/\/t.co\/GUUwfjfVwU<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrEliDavid\/status\/1540260649284108289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a 2018 speech at the United Nations General Assembly, President Trump tried to warn Germany about depending on Russia for too much of its energy.\u00a0 \u201cGermany will become totally dependent on Russian energy if it does not immediately change course,\u201d Trump said about a pipeline being built. \u201cHere in the Western Hemisphere, we are<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2185],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trump-election-news"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.townhall.com\/cdn\/hodl\/2019\/267\/6e71c29d-f45e-489a-933f-3b242b5291d7.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}