New York Times 2018:
"Claim: Germany is ‘captive’ to Russia because of energy dependence.
"Claimed by: Donald Trump
"Fact check by The New York Times: That's misleading."
lol pic.twitter.com/s57EVK0vFB
— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) July 4, 2022
Le reste des médias mainstream américains était sur la même ligne :
"This is a rhetorical gambit from Trump that we’re used to by now. To undercut his opponents (real or perceived), he’ll often focus on one issue and hype it, often blowing it out of proportion."
Yeah, really blown out of proportionhttps://t.co/braaToKKIx pic.twitter.com/CaN1QqnexB
— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) July 4, 2022
CNN with the requisite pearl-clutching
"Trump’s comments were a remarkable criticism for a US president to make about a close US ally and is likely to increase tensions between the US and its European allies."
Oh heavens! He increased "tensions"!
Unfortunately, by not enough pic.twitter.com/mtCRlEshLt
— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) July 4, 2022
Basically it was everybody pic.twitter.com/BDg6rGzfje
— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) July 4, 2022
Idem pour la presse allemande politiquement alignée :
Der Spiegel 2018: Merkel "countered that Germany gets less than 40% of its gas supplies from Russia. But Trump wouldn't let it go….Former Chancellor Schröder is chair of Nord Stream 2 project — a fact that also seems to ruffle Trump's feathers"
Brutish *and* hyper-sensitive! pic.twitter.com/9oKvcLSH5d
— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) July 4, 2022
The psychologizing in the Der Spiegel piece is really something else
"The U.S. president seems to view Germany with a mixture of jealousy, admiration and anger."
"'We are not prisoners — neither of Russia nor of the U.S.,'" says German Foreign Minister. pic.twitter.com/3LY7DZwle9
— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) July 4, 2022
