Donald Trump: “I was the one that closed up Nord Stream, and Biden came…”

“We used to say, you know, it's too bad we really can't do anything between our country, because if we did, they'd say, oh, it's, you know, look, I was tough on Putin because I was the one that closed up Nord Stream, and Biden came along and opened it up. I was very tough on Putin in one way, but we got along very well. And I never, you know, I never really thought this would happen.” (43:38–43:44)

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