Here it is... Chump and Co were set to sign a pipeline deal with Russia...

[mikelewis]

From the Financial Times:

The latest plan would in theory give the US unparalleled sway over energy supplies to Europe, the people said, after EU countries moved to end their dependence on Russian gas in the aftermath of the invasion.

But the obstacles are considerable. It would require the US to lift sanctions against Russia, Russia to agree to resume sales it cut off during the war, and Germany to allow the gas to flow to any potential buyers in Europe.

“The US would say, ‘Well, now Russia will be dependable because trustworthy Americans are in the middle of it’,’” said a former senior US official, who was aware of some of the dealmaking efforts. The US investors would collect “money for nothing”, he added.

Trump was outspoken in his criticism of the pipeline during his first term as president. It has become a symbol for those who blamed Germany — and Europe by extension — for relying too much on Russian gas and helping to finance Moscow’s military machine.

But some of Trump’s team now see the pipeline, which runs from Russia’s Vyborg in the Gulf of Finland to Greifswald on Germany’s Baltic coast, as a strategic asset that can be leveraged in the Ukraine peace talks, according to administration officials.

https://www.ft.com/content/dc9c51ab-03cb-47ba-ad0a-09c4deed9b50

[SWBTATTReg]

1. Pathetic. Wave dollar bills around and that's the foreign policy that tRUMP and thugs want.

[SheltieLover]

2. Sickening!

[Raven123]

3. I can't access the article

When was this deal discussed?
How would this leverage work? Europe can’t trust Trump and will never trust Putin.