Tucker Carlson suggests US blew up Nord Stream pipeline – and lists possible Russian ‘retaliations’
A Tucker Carlson segment focused on the purported “sabotage” of the Nord Stream gas pipelines connecting Russia and Europe, which the Fox News anchor appeared to blame on the US.
Speaking following reports of leaks in the Nord Stream pipeline on Tuesday, Mr Carlson suggested that the Biden administration was behind the “sabotage” and act of “environmental terrorism” and warned of a Russian counter-response.
“Blow up the Nord Stream pipelines? OK, we’ve entered a new phase, one in which the United States is directly at war with the largest nuclear power in the world,” said the Fox News anchor.
While the US has not designated the leaks as an act of sabotage, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said the leaks were the result of acts of “sabotage” on the critical piece of energy infrastructure on Tuesday.
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The Fox News host, who said he did not believe Russia was responsible for the leaks, added: “Notice how he phrased that. He didn’t say, ‘I will pause the delivery of gas from Russia to Germany.’ He said there won’t be a Nord Stream 2. We’ll put an end to it. We’ll take it out. We’ll blow it up.”
He continued: “If you are Vladimir Putin you would have to be a suicidal moron to blow up your own energy pipeline—that’s one thing you would never do…Natural gas pipelines are the main source of your power and wealth. And most critically, your leverage over other countries.”
Despite those remarks, Russia had already stopped gas supplies to Europe and had been operating Nord Stream 1 and 2 at very limited capacity before the leaks occurred, amid sanctions placed on Russia for the war and other retaliations by European governments.
Russia, which Mr Carlson suggested could cut undersea power cables between the US and Europe to cause an economic crisis and “third world” conditions – amid other possible acts of retaliation – said that it would call a United Nations Security Council meeting over the damage.
In the UK, defence sources told The Times that the most likely cause of the leaks were a Russian drone used to detonate holes in the pipes, which are now leaking gas into the Baltic Sea. That remains to be confirmed however.
Längsschnitt (there will be blood)
Wer wollte,
dass Deutschland
keinen Ausweg
mehr hat, egal
welche Regierung
gerade an der
Macht ist,
hätte es nicht besser
machen können.
–
Trump wollte nur
2% für den
NATO-Haushalt mehr
und eine bessere
Preisgestaltung
für seine Frackinggas-
investitionen.
Und Deutschland warnte
er noch vor einseitiger
Belieferung.
–
Ja, Ja, der Trump,
war für die ökologisch-
linke Elite ein Desaster.
Ein Cowboy,
der nur nen guten
Deal wollte
und dem Ideologie am Arsch
vorbeiging.
–
So ein Pech auch,
dass man
Schrauben
überdrehen kann.
–
Da wollten sie ein
grünes Europa
und dachten,
dem Kremel
Vorschriften
machen zu können
und der
pubst ihnen eins
in die Fresse;
–
aber wer jetzt
noch glaubt,
dass Russland
sein
Eigentum
selbst unnütz
so zerstören würde,
der spielt wohl
Poker
mit ’nem As im Ärmel!
–
wenn die Fiktionen
die Realität einholen!
