It was caused by, number one, Joe Biden's disastrous withdrawal in Afghanistan, the incompetence, the debacle that unfolded. Every enemy of America took a measure of President Biden and determined that the commander in chief was weak … This war in Ukraine was caused by Joe Biden waving sanctions on Nord Stream 2. … built from Russia to Germany. And the reason he built that pipeline to carry natural gas was to circumvent Ukraine. Because right now Russia's natural gas goes through Ukraine on pipelines. (12:58–13:05)
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Asserts that Biden's lifting of sanctions on Nord Stream 2 contributed to the war in Ukraine.
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