President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had a rare show of disunity Monday over the fate of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline if Russia invades Ukraine.
When the same question was put to Scholz, however, the German leader gave a very different answer.
Germany, however, views the pipeline as an essential delivery system for natural gas that Germany already buys from Russia, Europe's number one supplier of both crude oil and natural gas. The exchange at the White House was also a reminder of how severely a Russian invasion could rattle global energy markets.
For months, the U.S. and its Western allies have watched a stunning buildup of Kremlin forces along Ukraine's border with Russia and Belarus. Amid the Kremlin's deployment, the U.S. and European allies have repeatedly issued threats to impose swift and severe economic consequences if Putin orders an attack.
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