On 12/8/2021, Sen. Ted Cruz recalled that work on the pipeline had ceased on the very day President Trump signed into law bipartisan legislation mandating sanctions against it. It only resumed after Biden took office, he said.
“For two years we had bipartisan agreement to stop Nord Stream 2, and we succeeded,” Cruz said. “And when there was a Republican president in office, Donald Trump, I and other Republicans were perfectly willing to hold President Trump to account, to press him to stand up against Nord Stream 2 – and he did.”
“Biden very specifically surrendered to Putin on Nord Stream 2. Now, why does Nord Stream 2 matter? Nord Stream 2 is a pipeline that Russia is building to go directly from Russia to Germany. They’re doing it because they want to bypass Ukraine. In 2014, Putin invaded Ukraine, invaded Crimea, but didn’t continue to invade the rest of the country, didn’t go all the way to Kiev. Why? Because right now, the Russian natural gas goes through Ukraine, through Ukrainian energy infrastructure to get to Europe. If they had invaded Ukraine, the Ukrainians could have destroyed that pipeline and cut off their ability to get to market. So Nord Stream 2 is all about enabling Russia to cut Ukraine out of the transit loop in order for them to march the tanks, drive the tanks into downtown Kiev.”
“Biden waived the sanctions that I had authored, that we had imposed on Nord Stream 2. At the time he waived it this summer, both Ukraine and Poland said publicly that by waiving the sanctions Biden was creating a military threat to Ukraine from Russia. Let me tell you, Biden could stop this today if he simply revokes the sanctions, revokes the waiver and imposes sanctions, and he’s unwilling to do so. If we see tanks in the streets of Kiev, it will be because Joe Biden surrender to Putin.”
Sen. Cruz to Nuland When Biden Surrendered to Putin, it Created a Security Crisis in Ukraine
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Nord Stream 2 ceased on day Trump signed, resumed 4 days after Biden in, Cruz questioned Nuland