President Trump Nord Stream 2 Comments - July 13, 2018

United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May and United States President Donald Trump held a joint press conference at Chequers, the UK prime minister’s country residence on July 13, 2018. Below is a transcript from the portion of the press conference where President Trump commented on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

President Trump: To me it is a tragedy. I think it is a horrific thing that is being done. Where you are feeding billions and billions of dollars from Germany primarily and other countries, but primarily from Germany, into the coffers of Russia when we are trying to do something so that we have peace in the world. I think it is horrible thing that Germany is doing. It think it is a horrible mistake. And as much as I like Angela I was very open in saying it. I think it is a horrible thing that you have a pipeline coming from Russia and I believe that Germany is going to be getting 50, 60, or even I have heard numbers of 70 percent of their energy coming in from Russia. And how can you be working for peace and working from strength when somebody has that kind of power over your country? I don’t think it is good. You are not working from strength, you have given up all of your strength. I think it is very bad for Germany, very bad for the German people and I don’t think it is very good for NATO if you want to know the truth.