Joe Biden's weakness as a leader made Vladimir Putin confident, and he can outsmart the gaffe-prone Democrat.
This is the sentiment of former Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell, who slammed the US president for not effectively deterring the Russian leader.He stresses that the US leader caused the full-scale Ukraine invasion because he could not handle the job.
Putin Decides To Invade
The Kremlin saw a lack of strength that affected messaging and the Nord Stream 2 pipeline as opening. On February 24, they launched an attack with full steam ahead, surprising the allies, reported the Epoch Times.
Grenell gave these opinions in a recent interview. At Orlando's 2022 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), he said it was a disaster that could have been avoided but failed, and America is suffering.
Grenell, the former US ambassador to Germany, argues that Putin's decision to attack Ukraine had been influenced by the US administration's decision last May 2021, lifting the embargo on the enterprise behind Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany and its CEO.
He lamented that the president has always been weak in doing the right thing. All the wrong decisions and committing to a course of action would often be bad.
The sanctions were placed for a reason on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, and President Trump would not do it without good reason. Joe Biden's weakness is Vladimir Putin, an advantage that exists now. But when the administration changed, no time was wasted in removing the sanctions.
It is not hard to imagine that $11 billion spent by Russia would, if allowed, would carry 55 billion cubic meters to Russia in a year would be a year. The president was too intent on the Democrat New Green Deal, and this invasion happened.
Nord Stream 2 Sanctions
A year ago, the US State Department sent Congress a report that Nord Stream 2 AG owned the pipeline. CEO Matthias Warning, a Putin ally, was not straightforward, but Secretary of State Antony Blinken ignored it.
He just waived and called it US interest though it's not the case now; his decision threatens the world. Waivers and no end date indicated and could be reversed by Blinken, but he didn't.
Finally, on February 23, a day before the rollout of Russian forces to Donbas and Lugansk, a sanction was in place due to what Russia did in Ukraine, per Al Jazeera.
In a statement, the president later said that further actions would be taken should the Kremlin escalate, with measures announced. Grenell said that Russian officials would shut the pipeline to have leverage if it suits them. They do it all the time.
Germany will not be affected like the rest of the bloc with the biggest economy, are immune to Russia because they have the NS 2, but the others are not so lucky. President Biden on his own created the worst crisis affecting many nations, he added.
If Donald Trump were in the White House, the US would be secure, unlike how things are. The current president seems not to understand what happened, and he gave Moscow a reason.
The senseless rhetoric does not hide that Joe Biden's weakness caused Vladimir's trouble. Fears of conflict that is due to his wrong decisions.
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