WTF is Putin whining about, his ***** already lifted the sanctions on Nord Stream 2.
I will never understand the totally mad opinions in the USA about the pipeline Nord Steam 2. The unreal paranoia of the USA is really very astonishing. To remember: You - the USA - sold a big part of East Europe (and as a result also about 50% of the whole world) to the Soviets once. Not Germany did do so. You are your own enemy. You "trust" in a pipeline which comes from Russia over Turkey and over the Ukraine to Europe - but you "mistrust" in a pipeline which comes over Germany to Europe.
1. Prove the US sold "a big part" of East Europe.
"You" was an ally of Stalin and gave a big part of Germany to Poland and a big part of Poland to Russia. You and your allies wiped out the Silesians, the Bohemians and other German tribes. You and your allies made out of many countries in the East of Europe slaves of the Russian Soviets.
That make no sense, since the USSR owned/occupied that territory, and put up the "Iron Curtain".
You started the first time to fight against the Soviets when they had thrown you nearly out of Korea. Before you had supported them.
2. Its not about "trust", its about giving Putin cash, or not giving Putin cash.
Putin needs no "cash". He's one of the most rich men in the world. And in 800 years Russia still will be a neighbor of Germany. When Nawalny spoke in Russian with chancellor Merkel he was astonished how well informed Angela Merkel had been about Russia. And Putin speaks very good German. Would be nice if more politicians in the world "könnten über ihren eigenen Schatten sprungen" (verbally: could spring over their own shadow) and do what's good to do in the eyes of god. Specially in Europe, Asia, Africa, America, Australia, Antarctica and Oceania.
Everything is about "trust". But the USA "believes" in such things only in case a new kind of Henry Ford would say something like "trust is money". Might and money are by the way only an illusion. And the extraordinary ignorant, intrigant, arrogant and aggressive US-American law about the "energy security of Europe" will only able to end happily if the responsible US-American politicians for this law will sit in jail because of high treason. .. oh damn: This are nearly all "republican" and "democratic" politicians of the USA, who did not like to block the household of the USA, because of such an unimportant law, which has nothing to do with the USA. To speak only about a "banana republic USA" could indeed be a slight exaggeration.