584K views · Jul 11, 2018 · 3:14 · 0 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2022–2025
A CBS Evening News report from the 2018 NATO summit, where President Trump criticized Germany over its gas pipeline deal with Russia and pressed allies on defense spending.
Why Hacker News points people here: Linked as the famous clip of Trump scolding Germany over Russian gas, whenever European energy dependence comes up.
“There was this famous Trump video where he opposed NATO members on the question of Nordstream 2”HN comment, 2025
“why should the US stay in NATO when the EU is dependent on Russian energy”
Clip of Trump criticizing Germany over Russian gas dependence.
Well his actual “speech” there said why should the US stay in NATO when the EU is dependent on Russian energy and also directly funding the Russian economy. this video Trump was not uniquely correct about this. Obama warned Europe about this same thing.
“in 2018 Trump did scold live on camera the German leaders for buying gas from Russia.”
Shows Trump scolding German leaders over buying Russian gas in 2018.
Not op. But in 2018 Trump did scold live on camera the German leaders for buying gas from Russia. "Germany is completely controlled by Russia". this video NOTE: I mostly don't like Trump. But the "Russiagate" angle is ridiculous.
“There was this famous Trump video where he opposed NATO members on the question of Nordstream 2”
Famous clip of Trump opposing NATO members on Nordstream 2.
Yes, it is tiresome. There was this famous Trump video where he opposed NATO members on the question of Nordstream 2: this video On social media it is spun as "the Germans laughed at him", when the person sitting in the middle opposite Trump is the Norwegian Jens Stoltenberg, NATO secretary and usually a willing US tool. It was all of Europe together.
