Germany is 'totally controlled' by Russia, Trump says | Squawk Box Europe

CNBC International Live · 192.2K views · 2018-07-11 · 5:01

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A short CNBC clip from 2018 in which President Trump criticizes Germany for paying billions of dollars to Russia for energy, saying Germany is 'totally controlled' by Russia. It comes from a NATO summit news segment.

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Cited in later threads on Russian gas dependence as an example of Trump's 2018 warning to Germany that proved prescient.

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Geopolitics & foreign policy US politics & elections

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0xDEAFBEAD · 2025-03 · Reference
I don't support Trump, but you really can't claim that Europe wasn't warned here. Russia first invaded Ukraine back in 2014. And here's Trump back in 2018, warning about German dependence on Russian gas, and stating that Europe needed to step up defense spending "immediately": [VIDEO] This has hardly been "abrupt". Even Obama and Bush were telling Europe to step up defense spending.
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rs999gti · 2025-01 · Reference
> It's been a big issue for western european countries during the ukraine war. In 2018, Germany (and France) were warned about their dependence and deals with Russia on oil and gas - [VIDEO]
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blibble · 2022-11 · Reference
ah yes, it's the US fault the corrupt German politicians made Germany entirely dependent on Russian gas even Trump understood this was a stupid idea: [VIDEO]
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