Putin literally stopped building that pipeline the day that President Trump signed my sanctions legislation into law. It worked. It worked. It prevented war. Joe Biden came in. He was sworn into office on January 20, 2021. Putin resumed deep sea construction of Nord Stream 2 four days later, January 24, because Biden had foreshadowed weakness. That foreshadowing was accurate because several months later, he formally waved those sanctions on Russia, on Putin, effectively gave him billions of dollars that caused the war in. (08:50–09:00)
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Claims that Putin resumed construction of Nord Stream 2 due to perceived weakness from Biden.
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